Tzatziki Sauce

Greek food is nowhere to be found in Durant, Oklahoma.  Period.  Nothing that even resembles it.  So I've learned to make it at home.  And the most important dish to have with any Greek meal?  Tzatziki Sauce!

Ingredients:  Greek yogurt, cucumber, sour cream, lemon juice, white wine vinegar, dill, garlic, salt and pepper.

Add the yogurt and sour cream to a bowl.

Grate the cucumber onto some paper towels.  If you buy a Hothouse seedless cucumber (the long ones that come wrapped in plastic), you don't have to peel or seed it.  If you buy a regular cucumber, make sure you peel and seed it first (but you'll loose the pretty green color).

Then take another dry paper towel (or two or three) and squeeze the grated cucumber in it over the sink to extract as much of the liquid as possible.  It will loose alot of its volume.  Plop the squeezed cucumber in with the yogurt and sour cream.

Then add the lemon juice, vinegar, dill garlic, salt and pepper.

And mix it all together.  You can eat it immediately, but it's better if it chills for a while.

I could eat this stuff by the spoonful!  Serve it with pita bread and grilled meat.  My absolute favorite lamb recipe is this one (Barefoot Contessa - of course!).  This is what is sitting on the plate next to my sauce.  I'm one lucky girl ;)

Link to the printable recipe:

Tzatziki Sauce

Source:  Barefoot Contessa