Fattoush is a contemporary 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 Hen for a Lebanese feast at house!
When associates requested me what Fattoush is, I instructed them it’s the Lebanese model of Panzanella. Then they requested me what Panzanella was. So I finished utilizing that clarification and now I describe it as a contemporary 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 if you’re after a aspect salad for a Lebanese or Center Japanese meal. I’m sharing it because the prompt accompaniment for a Lebanese Lemon Garlic Hen dish that I additionally shared at the moment.
What you want for Fattoush
Right here’s what you want:
For the salad
Being a standard Lebanese dish, there’s truly no strict guidelines for what goes in fattoush, although the mixture proven beneath is fashionable and gives an ideal 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 massive tomatoes
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Cucumber
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Purple onion
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Mint and parsley – The mint specifically brings nice contemporary flavour into this salad, however I’d nonetheless make fattoush with out both of those.
For the dressing
The dressing is kind of tangy, which is the best way it’s speculated 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 created from (watch for it…) pomegranate! Provides flavour, sweetness, tang and barely thickens the dressing. Nonetheless value making even with out, simply enhance 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 value making with out.
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Additional virgin olive oil – Use the good 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 sort, not thicker bready sort). Lower into items then toast or fry till crunchy!
No video for at the moment’s recipe as a result of I’m posting it as a fast ‘n simple aspect to accompany at the moment’s Lebanese Lemon Garlic Hen.
Hope you get pleasure from! – Nagi x
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Lebanese Fattoush
Mains
lebanese, Center Japanese
Servings5 – 6 individuals
Faucet or hover to scale
Components
Crispy pita bread “croutons”
Forestall display screen from sleeping
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 nicely 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 Tips on how to make the right fattoush.
