zeppenwolf
Senior Member
Hi, I made some tzatziki sauce, as proscribed by Chef John:
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232530/chef-johns-tzatziki-sauce/
and I guess it worked ok... I didn't exactly follow... for one thing, I used about half as much yogurt, and I used a FP to grind the cukes... So that made it distinctly more difficult to remove excess water, but fine.
Anyway, I sliced some cukes with a mandoline and added the tzatziki, and got myself a nice cuke salad...
And now I'd like to take it to the next level.
I want to add... SOMETHING.
But what?
Some of these ideas might sound crazy-- they probably are-- but I want to "beef up" this dish, and nudge it from only being a condiment into more of an actual dish...
What can I add?
Raisins, currants, cut dates, something like that... ?
Nuts? Chopped walnuts, or some other?
Dried apricots, or... ?
Whatever-- any suggestion you might have about expanding tzat with cukes appreciated.
Shoot-- I'm ready to add grilled hamburger if I were confident it would work...
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232530/chef-johns-tzatziki-sauce/
and I guess it worked ok... I didn't exactly follow... for one thing, I used about half as much yogurt, and I used a FP to grind the cukes... So that made it distinctly more difficult to remove excess water, but fine.
Anyway, I sliced some cukes with a mandoline and added the tzatziki, and got myself a nice cuke salad...
And now I'd like to take it to the next level.
I want to add... SOMETHING.
But what?
Some of these ideas might sound crazy-- they probably are-- but I want to "beef up" this dish, and nudge it from only being a condiment into more of an actual dish...
What can I add?
Raisins, currants, cut dates, something like that... ?
Nuts? Chopped walnuts, or some other?
Dried apricots, or... ?
Whatever-- any suggestion you might have about expanding tzat with cukes appreciated.
Shoot-- I'm ready to add grilled hamburger if I were confident it would work...
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