Description
These open Greek-style salad sandwiches combine a creamy feta and yogurt spread with a vibrant, fresh vegetable salad piled high on thick sourdough bread. Perfect for a light, refreshing lunch or snack, this recipe features classic Mediterranean flavors enhanced by garlic, mint, and lemon.
Ingredients
Scale
Feta Spread
- 125g feta cheese
- 120g thick natural yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
Salad Topping
- 2 medium tomatoes, seeds removed, finely chopped
- 200g cucumber, finely chopped
- 10 pitted black olives, roughly chopped
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp finely chopped mint, plus extra leaves for garnish
- ½ lemon, juiced
Other
- 8 thick sourdough bread slices
Instructions
- Prepare the feta spread: Place the feta cheese, thick natural yogurt, and finely grated garlic cloves into a mini food processor. Blend until the mixture is thick and smooth. Season with freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- Make the salad topping: In a large bowl, combine the finely chopped tomatoes (with seeds removed), chopped cucumber, roughly chopped black olives, thinly sliced red onion, and finely chopped mint. Add the juice of half a lemon and toss everything together. Season to taste according to your preference.
- Assemble the sandwiches: Spread a generous amount of the whipped feta mixture onto each thick slice of sourdough bread. Pile the fresh vegetable salad evenly on top of each slice.
- Garnish and serve: Finish by garnishing with the extra mint leaves. Serve immediately for the best freshness and texture.
Notes
- For extra tanginess, you can add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil to the salad topping before serving.
- Use thick, rustic sourdough bread to support the moist salad without becoming soggy.
- If you don’t have a mini food processor, a fork can be used to mash and combine the feta, yogurt, and garlic, but the texture will be less smooth.
- Remove tomato seeds to prevent the bread from getting too wet.
- This is a vegetarian recipe and can easily be made vegan by substituting the feta and yogurt with plant-based alternatives.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Lunch
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: Greek
Keywords: Greek salad sandwich, feta spread, open sandwich, Mediterranean lunch, vegetarian sandwich, sourdough sandwich
