Beautiful Fatoosh Salad
From marky90 16 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 6
Time for a healthy salad. Fattoush salad made from several garden vegetables and toasted or fried pieces of pita bread. Fattoush salad allows cooks to use seasonal produce by mixing different vegetables and herbs according to taste, and also to make use of pitas that have gone stale. Read more Sumac is usually used to give Fattoush its sour taste. Fabulous and a real winner. See less
Ingredients
- 2 Large pita breads shopping list
- 2 romaine lettuce hearts shopping list
- 2 cups (loosely packed) coarsely chopped arugula shopping list
- 8 radishes, sliced shopping list
- 8 scallions, sliced shopping list
- 1 english cucumber, sliced shopping list
- 2 large pickles (Claussen is great to use) shopping list
- 3 medium vine tomatoes shopping list
- 1/3 cup finely chopped flat leaf parsley shopping list
- 1/3 cup finely chopped mint – dry has no flavor, so get fresh! shopping list
- 1 garlic clove crushed shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- ¼ cup lemon juice shopping list
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste shopping list
- 2 TBS ground sumac..A great middle eastern spice......... shopping list
- The Middle Eastern spice sumac is available in Middle Eastern markets, but the salad will still be delicious if you don’t include it. shopping list
- Enjoy this healthy favorite of mine (Yes, I do eat healthy ocassionally!) shopping list
How to make it
- Chop all the vegetables according to the above specifications and place in a large salad bowl. Crush the garlic and chop it coarsely. In a separate small bowl mash the garlic with the salt using a mortar and pestle, or the back of a spoon. Stir in the lemon juice and oil, beating with a fork to mix well. Pour the dressing over the salad. Grind the black pepper over the top of the salad.
- Split each of the pitas in half horizontally so that you have 4 thin rounds of bread. Toast the breads lightly under the broiler until they are golden and crisp. Break them into small pieces and crumble them on top of the salad. Mix thoroughly. Top with the sumac.
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This will make up for all the chili recipes of yours I'm trying! LOL!! Super ingredients, love the mint!
shepherdrescue
in Lake Forest loved it
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Beautiful recipe, Marky! High 5!
elgab89
in Toronto loved it
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I am a sucker for any Fattoush salad... High 5 Jim
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