This Tzatziki is well worth the effort. The ever-present Greek accompaniment with Souvlaki, Greek Style Meatballs, Greek Salad and Hummus. Start at least 3 hours before you want to serve it or prepare the day before. Wonderful as a dip for vegetables or with Greek style meatballs.
Tzatziki
Ingredients
- 500 ml 2 cups Liberte Plain Yogurt (6 CHO/3/4 cup or/175 gr). 17.14 CHO
- After the yogurt is strained (367 grams remains/1 ½ cups)
- ½ cup (115 gram) 14 % sour cream 1 CHO/1TBSP 8 CHO
- 2 TBSP lemon juice 0 CHO
- ¼ tsp. minced garlic 0 CHO
- 1 TBSP 2 gr dried dill 0 CHO
- 1 English cucumber 200 grams after grated (1 1/2 cups) 6 CHO
- After squeezed of liquid, remains 60 grams (1/4 cup)
- 1 TBSP Kosher Salt 0 CHO
TOTAL CHO 31.14 CHO
- TOTAL WEIGHT 594 GRAM
- 31 CHO DIVIDED BY 594 GRAM = .052 CHO/GRAM
- 1 TBSP = 17 GRAMS (.052 CHO x 17 GRAMS) .884 CHO/TBSP
- ¼ CUP = 4 TBSP (.884 CHO x 4) 3.53 CHO/1/4 CUP
Instructions
*Yogurt comes with many different CHO counts so adapt your recipe if you need to.
Place cheesecloth or paper towel in a sieve and strain yogurt over a bowl for 3 hours at room temperature. (If you leave for longer the yogurt becomes even thicker, just adapt the CHO count to the total grams in the recipe).
Next cut one English cucumber in half, then cut each half lengthwise. Scrape the seeds with a spoon, leaving the firm flesh and green skin. Discard seeds. Grate the cucumber with the skin and place in dish. Add 1 TBSP coarse salt and toss slightly. Leave for 3 hours at room temperature.
After the yogurt has drained for 3 hours you will have about 367 grams remaining or 2 ½ cups. Place in mixing bowl. Set aside.
Over the sieve take the cucumber in your hands and squeeze, removing the excess liquid. This will take about 20 - 25 squeezes. (I’ve taken a short cut and the Tzatziki is way too salty). The cucumber becomes denser and the original 200 grams (1 ½ cups) grated cucumber becomes about 60 grams (¼ cup).
Add cucumber and sour cream to yogurt and mix. Next add lemon juice, garlic and dill. Mix and place in serving dish. Refrigerate until you serve. Will keep for up to 2 days refrigerated.
