Horta is a traditional side dish that you can find in almost every taverna [tavern/restaurant] is Greece. Horta is basically boiled or steamed leafy greens. There is one specific kind of weed that is used to make this dish called ‘vlita’ [vleetah]. Vlita is a weed that pops up everywhere in Greece, and can also be cultivated. It is delicious boiled, with the stems on with the addition of extra virgin olive oil and lemon.
If you say you are vegan around here old and uninformed people ask :’ So what DO you eat??Only horta??’ Which is misunderstood by the word ‘hortofagos’ [weed-eater]that means vegetarian in Greek. I just think that it is hilarious, so I am proud to say that YES, I DO EAT HORTA and I love it. [ but I also eat a million other things].
So I present you, Horta!! [I did make a small change, I added hemp oil instead of olive oil] I’m sure you can make this with spinach, kale and other greens mixed together, but obviously it wont taste the same.
-1kg vlita
-3 lemons
-3tbsp hemp oil
Wash your greens with water and either steam or boil them, WITH their stems [its the best part] for about 20 minutes, until tender become tender and wilted. Set aside to coll them off and juice the lemons. Mix with raw hemp oil and pour on the horta. Toss well and eat either at room temp or chilled.
Enjoy!!
Horta is a traditional side dish that you can find in almost every taverna [tavern/restaurant] is Greece. Horta is basically boiled or steamed leafy greens. There is one specific kind of weed that is used to make this dish called ‘vlita’ [vleetah]. Vlita is a weed that pops up everywhere in Greece, and can also be cultivated. It is delicious boiled, with the stems on with the addition of extra virgin olive oil and lemon.
If you say you are vegan around here old and uninformed people ask :’ So what DO you eat??Only horta??’ Which is misunderstood by the word ‘hortofagos’ [weed-eater]that means vegetarian in Greek. I just think that it is hilarious, so I am proud to say that YES, I DO EAT HORTA and I love it. [ but I also eat a million other things].
So I present you, Horta!! [I did make a small change, I added hemp oil instead of olive oil] I’m sure you can make this with spinach, kale and other greens mixed together, but obviously it wont taste the same.
-1kg vlita
-3 lemons
-3tbsp hemp oil
Wash your greens with water and either steam or boil them, WITH their stems [its the best part] for about 20 minutes, until tender become tender and wilted. Set aside to coll them off and juice the lemons. Mix with raw hemp oil and pour on the horta. Toss well and eat either at room temp or chilled.
Enjoy!!