Cacik

Prepare

1. 🥄step 1
2. 🔥Put a sieve over a large bowl, line it with a thick sheet of non-dyed kitchen paper or a clean muslin cloth, and spoon in the yogurt.

Steps

1. 🔥Cover with another sheet of kitchen paper and leave to strain in the fridge for a minimum of 12 hrs.
2. 🧂step 2
3. 🍳Add the lemon juice, most of the olive oil and the dried mint to a bowl and stir well for the dried mint to soften and soak up the juices.

Prepare

1. 🧂Mix in the strained yogurt, then pour away the strained yogurt liquid and leave that bowl to one side.

Steps

1. 🍳step 3
2. 🫇Halve the cucumber(s) lengthways and remove the seeds by running a teaspoon from the top to the bottom of the flesh, halve the cucumbers widthways to make them shorter and easier to handle,
3. 🍽️then coarsely grate each one into the bowl the yogurt was straining over.
4. 🌿Using clean hands (or a clean muslin cloth), squeeze as much of the liquid out of the cucumber as possible.
5. ✨step 4

Prepare

1. 🫇Add the strained, grated cucumber, garlic and ¾ tsp flaky salt to the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

Serve

1. 🍽️Garnish with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkling of dried mint.