Quick & Easy Tzatziki (Thick & Creamy)
A refreshing dip & sauce that is filled with flavour and goes well with almost anything, Made Simple!
Equipment
- 1 Nut Milk Bag or cheese cloth
- 1 Fine Mesh Strainer/Sieve
- 1 Grater optional
- 1 Microplane optional
Ingredients
- 750 g Plain Yogurt I prefer a higher fat option
- 1/2 Cucumber or 2 mini cucumbers
- 4 Cloves Garlic
- 1/2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 Lemon juiced
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Fresh Dill minced (optional)
Instructions
- Strain the yogurt: At least an hour before you want to make the Tzatziki (I typically due this the day before), place the sieve lined with the straining cloth (milk bag or cheese cloth) on top of a bowl. Scoop the full container of yogurt into the lined sieve. Let sit in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight. If letting this sit longer, I typically cover it with the ends of the cloth to avoid any drying out. The purpose of this is to drain the excess liquid from the yogurt to ensure a thick and creamy consistency for the tzatziki.
- Prep the cucumber: Put the strained yogurt into a fresh bowl so and dump the liquid so we can reuse the lined sieve. Over the lined sieve, grate the cucumber. Once it has all been grated you can pick up the cloth and squeeze out all of the excess liquid from the cucumbers. Add the cucumbers to the yogurt (dump the excess liquid).
- Add the Flavour: Use the microplane to grate the garlic into the bowl with the yogurt & cucumber (this insures no large chunks of garlic and enhances the garlic flavour). Squeeze half a lemon's juice into the bowl as well. Add the olive oil, salt and chopped herbs to the bowl. Mix well and enjoy!
- Keeps very well in the fridge, I typically store it back in the yogurt container and have it always ready for use!
- It is great to make ahead as giving it time to rest in the fridge gives all the flavours a chance to enhance and develop together.
- ENJOY!