Best Greek Croutons Recipes

EASY ROASTED CARROT GINGER SOUP WITH GREEK YOGURT AND CROUTONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Dice the pepper and the carrots and halve the garlic cloves. Toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper, and spread on a baking sheet in a single layer.
• Roast the veggies for 40 minutes, or until they start to get brown and caramelize. Stir once or twice during roasting.
• Put grated ginger, stock, and a glug or two of soy sauce into the food processor. Add some hot sauce if you like it spicy.
• Put all the roasted veggies into the food processor and puree until smooth.
• At this point the soup will have cooled down a bit, so you can either pop it in the microwave or put it in a pot on the stove for a few minutes to warm it up.
• Serve with a dollop of greek yogurt on top and lots of crunchy croutons!

GREEK CROUTONS

Steps:

• Prejeat oven to 375°F.
• Put bread cubes in large bowl
• In small saucepan, heat oil and garlic, over med heat, until garlic begins to color.
• Cook garlic 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently and taking care to brown but not burn the garlic.
• Pour the oil through a strainer onto cubed bread.
• Gently toss until bread cubes are evenly coated.
• Trasnfer to baking sheet and toast the bread in oven, fipping occasionally, until golden on all sides, and still somewhat soft in middle, about 12 minutes.
• In the same bowl, mix remaining ingredients together and set aside.
• Return to bowl while still warm and toss with remaining crouton ingredients.
• Use with your favorite salad!

CHOPPED GREEK SALAD WITH GARLIC CROUTONS

Steps:

• 1. for the garlic croutons: position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 375°. Put the bread cubes in a large bowl. In a small pan, heat the oil and garlic over medium heat until the garlic just begins to color, 3 to 5 minutes. Be careful garlic doesn't burn or it will become bitter. Pour the oil through a strainer onto bread cubes. Toss until the cubes are evenly coated with oil. Discard the garlic
• 2. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet and toast the bread in the oven, flipping occasionally, until it's nicely Golden on all sides, about 12 minutes. The croutons should be toasty on the surface but still somewhat soft in the middle. Return them to the large bowl and while warm, toss them with the parsley, lemon zest, 1/4 teaspoons salt, and a few grinds of pepper.
• 3. For the dressing: in a medium bowl, whisk the olive oil with the vinegar, shallots, mustard, oregano, anchovies. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let sit for at least 10 minutes to let the flavors blend.
• 4. To assemble the salad: lay the arugula on a large platter and artfully arranged the tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, and croutons in stripes or piles on top of the arugula. Whisk the dressing to recombine and serve in a pitcher. Encourage guests to spoon elements of the salad onto their plates and drizzle on some of the dressing. Or drizzle the dressing over the salad platter just before serving. You may not need all of the dressing. Serves 6 to 8.

GREEK SALAD WITH CROUTONS

Steps:

• Make croutons: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Pull 1- to 2-inch chunks from the inside of the sourdough bread and add to a small mixing bowl (you should have about 1 to 1½ cups of bread crumbs). Drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt, mixing well with your hands to combine. Spread the bread in a single layer on a large, rimmed baking sheet and toast for 25 minutes.
• Remove the croutons from the oven and set aside to cool. Marinate tomatoes: Remove and discard any stems. Cut into varying sizes, then place the cut tomatoes on a plate and season with salt. Drizzle with olive oil. Tear and scatter the basil and parsley leaves over the tomatoes.While the tomatoes are marinating, prepare the feta cheese. Drizzle the cheese with olive oil and freshly ground black pepper, and set aside.
• Make the vinaigrette: Combine the dried oregano, black pepper, salt, grated garlic clove, vinegar and extra-virgin olive oil.Slice and set the cucumber aside. Quarter the onion lengthwise, and slice into thin slivers. If you have time, rinse the raw onions in ice water. Set aside.
• Assemble the salad: Spoon the marinated tomatoes onto a serving platter. Dress the croutons with a little of the vinaigrette and toss to coat. Add the sliced cucumbers and onions to the croutons, then drizzle with a little more vinaigrette. Layer the mixture on top of the tomatoes. Scatter the olives around the salad, crumble the feta cheese on top, and add a little more oregano and olive oil to finish.