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Pappas' Famous Greek Salad

Cuisine: Greek
Type: Cheese, Eggs, Meat, Vegetables
Courses: Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Lettuce
4   Canned beets
3 cups 711mlPotato salad
12 sections  Watercress
4   Shrimp - cooked, peeled
2   Tomatoes cut into 6 wedges (medium)
1   Cucumber - peeled, cut into 8 long fingers
1   Avocado - peeled, cut into
  Wedges
4   Feta cheese
4   Anchovy fillets
1   Green pepper - cut into 8
  - rings
12   Black Greek olives
4   Green onions
4   Radishes - cut like roses
1/4 cup 59mlWhite vinegar
1/2 cup 118mlOlive oil and
1/2 cup 118mlSalad oil - blended
  Oregano
  Potato Salad
6   Boiling potatoes
1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozGreen onions - thin sliced
2 cups 125g / 4.4ozOnions (medium)
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozParsley - finely chopped
1/2 cup 118mlSalad dressing
  Salt - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 lrg head lettuce

4 slices canned beets

3 cups potato salad

12 sprigs watercress

4 shrimp -- cooked, peeled

2 medium tomatoes cut into 6 wedges

1 cucumber -- peeled, cut into 8

-- long fingers

1 avocado -- peeled, cut into

wedges

4 slices feta cheese

4 anchovy fillets

1 green pepper -- cut into 8

- rings

12 black Greek olives

4 whole green onions

4 radishes -- cut like roses

1/4 cup white vinegar

1/2 cup olive oil and

1/2 cup salad oil -- blended

oregano

***POTATO SALAD***

6 boiling potatoes

1/2 cup green onions -- thin sliced

2 medium onions

1/4 cup parsley -- finely chopped

1/2 cup salad dressing

salt -- to taste

Prepare potato salad first: cook potatoes until soft; cool enough to handle, peel, cut into bite size pieces and mix with rest of potato salad ingredients. (I like Hellmann's or Best mayonnaise instead of salad dressing)

Save 10 outside lettuce leaves and shred remaining lettuce finely. Prepare all vegetables as indicated above. On large platter, place whole lettuce leaves, with watercress. Place potato salad on top of greens. Alternate tomato wedges and cucumber fingers around outside of platter; circle with avocado slices.

Atop the salad, arrange the slices of Feta cheese, green pepper slices, olives, beets, and green onions. Finally, top salad with shrimp, anchovy filets and radish roses.

Sprinkle with vinegar and blended oil, then with oregano.

Serve at once with garlic toasted Greek bread. Serves four.

Served at Louis Pappas Restaurant in Tarpon Springs, Fla. for many years.

Source:
Louis Pappas

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