Ingredient

Tzatziki sauce

One of the most famous Greek specialties is certainly tzatziki sauce: prepared using Greek yogurt - usually choosing between goat or sheep yogurt and cucumbers, ingredients to which are then added oil, salt and garlic and, in some areas of Greece, also using fresh mint or dill - this sauce is a very popular condiment in Greece with rice, meat and fish, or even with aperitifs such as pita for example. There are other variations of this tzatziki sauce, such as in Iraq - where it has the name jajik - or in Cyprus - where it is called talaturi - and in Bulgaria Snejanka.

Use in cooking

Due to its nature as a sauce rich in flavour, tzatziki is perfect for seasoning rice-based first courses, as well as second courses with fish or meat.

Preservation

The best advice to keep the tzatziki sauce at its best is to store it in a jar, taking care to pour oil on the top of the sauce, as is done for example with pesto.