Tzatziki
Tzatziki is a yogurt sauce that's great over gyros, pitas, salads, lamb, as a dip, or for anything you'd like a cool tasty sauce on.
Source and licence
"Tzatziki" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Tzatziki, revision 4519035), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Tzatziki&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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Ingredients
- 1½ cups yogurt
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon dill (sub. ¼ tablespoon of tarragon if no dill is available)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice (optional)
- 2 small cucumbers, diced
- Salt
- White pepper, to taste (optional)
Method
- Drain yogurt in a sieve or a cheesecloth for about 3 hours prior to using it.
- Drain the cucumber and salt it to further remove moisture.
- Combine yogurt, garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice in a bowl and cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or more.
- After refrigerating, add dill and cucumber into bowl and mix with a whisk until smooth.
- Add pepper and salt to taste.