Feta Dressing

Name: Feta Dressing
Yield: makes 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 1/4 pound feta cheese, crumbled (1 cup); 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil; 1/2 cup white vinegar; 1/4 cup grated white onion; 2 tablespoons capers, drained and chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon ground white pepper; 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano; 1/2 teaspoon salt

December 9, 2011

When you say “Greek” in Oxford, Mississippi, most people will think you are talking about one of three things: sororities and fraternities, antebellum architecture, or Angelo Mistolis’s feta cheese salad dressing. This dressing of mine is great on cold-cut foot-longs and on salads of all sorts.

Cooks' Note

For gift giving, I like to pour the dressing into a Mason jar. Since the recipe makes 1½ cups, it is enough for one half-pint to give—and some to keep for myself!

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