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Home » Recipes » Eating Italian

Triestine Sauce {Salsa Triestina}

Published: Mar 14, 2014 · Modified: Oct 16, 2024 by Marisa Franca

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Triestine Sauce or Salsa Triestina is particular to Trieste, Italy. It goes well on salads as a dressing but it also works well with beef, roasted pork, and vegetables. The sauce is not heavy so it especially compliments delicate greens such as the radicchio in the Insalata Triestina.

For this recipe, you will need feta cheese, fresh lemons, poppy seeds, extra-virgin olive oil. 

Trieste, Italy, Important
Trieste, Italy and Important Port

The use of feta cheese may seem unusual in Italian cuisine but it's not. There has been a Greek presence in Trieste for a long time. In fact, Trieste cuisine has many influences due to the fact that it is a port city and that it borders other  countries.

Triestine Sauce {Salsa Triestina} @Allourway.com
Triestine Sauce {Salsa Triestina}

This recipe relies heavenly on q.b. quanto basta -- (whatever is enough) or however much you prefer. Also, it depends on the quality of the ingredients you have on hand. For instance, if the feta cheese is dense you will need more liquid to soften it or less liquid if it is soft.

If the cheese is already tangy then you will need less lemon juice and if it is bland you will need more. The addition of the extra-virgin olive oil is all personal and it does not play the major role in this sauce. It is imperative that you taste the combination of feta and lemon before adding the oil.

Check out Insalata Triestina (Triestine Salad)  it is the ideal dressing for this typical Northern Italian salad. 

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A creamy sauce with poppy seeds for the Triestine Salad popular in Northern Italy.

Triestine Sauce {Salsa Triestina}

A delicious and light sauce made with feta cheese and lemon that goes well with delicate greens, vegetables, roasted pork, and beef.
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Course: meat sauce, sauce, vegetable sauce
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 83kcal
Author: Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
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Ingredients

  • 8 ounces fresh feta cheese
  • 1 to 2 large lemons juiced. Sweet lemons such as the Meyer would be preferable.
  • 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
  • Delicate extra-extra virgin olive oil q.b. quanto basta
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Instructions

  • Break up the cheese with a fork.
  • Add lemon juice and poppy seeds and mix in.
  • Put ingredients in glass jar and shake vigorously to combine.
  • This is where you need to taste to see if it needs additional lemon juice.
  • Add a little bit of oil -- enough so that it has a silky texture -- add more if needed and to your taste.
  • The end result should be creamy and not runny.

Notes

  • An emersion blender would work well to get a creamy smooth sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 83kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 317mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 154mg | Iron: 1mg

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