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Feta Cheese Dip

You need good feta cheese for this. Serve with pita bread to dip in.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

1/2 pound feta cheese
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

  1. With a fork, crush the feta cheese and mash with the lemon juice and the vegetable and olive oils until smooth.

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.
Reprinted with permission from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, copyright © 2000 by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf. Buy the full book on Amazon or Bookshop.
TagsDipMiddle EasternFetaCheeseDairySnackStarterDinnerNut FreeGluten FreeVegetarianKeto5 Ingredients or FewerEasyQuickCookbooks
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