Fattoush is a recent Center Japanese salad made with crispy toasted or fried items of pita bread jumbled with lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, and capsicum (bell peppers), tossed with a zesty lemon dressing. Serve with Lemon Garlic Rooster for a Lebanese feast at residence!
When pals requested me what Fattoush is, I informed them it’s the Lebanese model of Panzanella. Then they requested me what Panzanella was. So I ended utilizing that clarification and now I describe it as a recent perky Lebanese salad with tasty crunchy bits of crispy pita bread as an alternative of croutons!😂
It is a good salad to have in your repertoire once you’re after a aspect salad for a Lebanese or Center Japanese meal. I’m sharing it because the urged accompaniment for a Lebanese Lemon Garlic Rooster dish that I additionally shared at present.
What you want for Fattoush
Right here’s what you want:
For the salad
Being a conventional Lebanese dish, there’s truly no strict guidelines for what goes in fattoush, although the mixture proven under is standard and gives a fantastic distinction of colors and textures.
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Lettuce – Cos/romaine lettuce is typical although I make this with iceberg lettuce too.
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Radish
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Tomatoes – cherry/grape tomatoes or chop giant tomatoes
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Cucumber
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Purple onion
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Mint and parsley – The mint specifically brings nice recent flavour into this salad, however I’d nonetheless make fattoush with out both of those.
For the dressing
The dressing is sort of tangy, which is the best way it’s presupposed to be. The particular ingredient that makes this distinctive Lebanese reasonably than simply one other common lemon dressing is Pomegranate Molasses.
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Pomegranate molasses – A tart, candy syrup constructed from (watch for it…) pomegranate! Provides flavour, sweetness, tang and barely thickens the dressing. Nonetheless price making even with out, simply improve lemon juice barely and add a contact of honey.
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Lemon juice
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Sumac – A lemony purple spice powder utilized in Lebanese cooking. Nonetheless price making with out.
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Additional virgin olive oil – Use the great things!
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Garlic
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Salt
PITA BREAD OR LEBANESE BREAD – CRUNCHY CROUTONS!
Use Lebanese bread or pita bread (the skinny kind, not thicker bready kind). Lower into items then toast or fry till crunchy!
No video for at present’s recipe as a result of I’m posting it as a fast ‘n straightforward aspect to accompany at present’s Lebanese Lemon Garlic Rooster.
Hope you get pleasure from! – Nagi x
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Lebanese Fattoush
Mains
lebanese, Center Japanese
Servings5 – 6 folks
Faucet or hover to scale
Substances
Crispy pita bread “croutons”
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Directions
Crispy pita bread “croutons”
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Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F (200°C fan-forced).
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Separate the pita bread into 2 skinny sheets. Lower into 3cm / 1.2″ squares.
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Pile on a tray, drizzle with olive oil, toss, then sprinkle with the salt and toss once more.
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Unfold on the tray. Bake for five minutes or till crispy, then cool on the tray earlier than use.
Salad:
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Dressing – Shake the dressing elements in a jar till effectively mixed.
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Salad – Place the Salad elements in a big bowl. Drizzle over half the dressing, toss. Add many of the crispy pita chips, drizzle with remaining dressing and toss once more.
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Serve – Switch right into a serving bowl, prime with remaining crispy pita and serve instantly.
Recipe Notes:
Impressed by numerous recipes discovered on-line together with the Fattoush recipes by Zaatar and Zaytoun and the Guardian’s Easy methods to make the proper fattoush.