Fattoush

Name: Fattoush
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 Pita bread roun (toasted and broken into pieces); 3 tomatoes (chopped); 3 cucumbers (chopped); 3 radishes (sliced); 4 spring onions (sliced); 1 red onion (thinly sliced); 1 lemon (juiced); 2 cloves garlic (crushed with salt); 1/2 tsp dried mint; 2 tbsp vinegar; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 cup mint leaves (coarsely chopped); 1 cup parsely (coarsely chopped); 1/2 tsp ground sumac; 1 green capsicum (chopped); 1 cos lettuce (leaves torn into bite size pieces)

Felicity MacLeod

Prep 30 mins30m

Serves 6

Every time I have Fattoush it takes me back to my Middle Eastern adventures. My last Middle Eastern fattoush moment was in Abu Dhabi, at a great outdoor restaurant by the water eating a feast, the fattoush was tangy thanks to the lemon and sumac and crunchy with the cos, radish and cucumber.

Since that January night in Abu Dhabi I've tried to recreate that fattoush, this is the closest recipe I've come across and as a result it has become one of my go to salads, especially when I'm grilling or BBQing meat.

↬ Adapted from Originally from Lina Chebaro Baydoun & Nada Mosbah Halawani for Jordanian Cooking: Step by Step, page 16

Ingredients

1 Pita bread roun (toasted and broken into pieces)
3 tomatoes (chopped)
3 cucumbers (chopped)
3 radishes (sliced)
4 spring onions (sliced)
1 red onion (thinly sliced)
1 lemon (juiced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed with salt)
½ tsp dried mint
2 tbsps vinegar
½ cup olive oil
1 cup mint leaves (coarsely chopped)
1 cup parsely (coarsely chopped)
½ tsp ground sumac
1 green capsicum (chopped)
1 cos lettuce (leaves torn into bite size pieces)

Instructions

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1
For the dressing: Mix garlic, oil, vinegar, dried mint, lemon juice and sumac. Set aside.
2
For the salad: In a large salad bowl place all salad ingredients, half the pita bread and dressing, lightly toss. Top the dressing with the remaining pita bread.

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