Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, fattoush (pitta bread salad). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Fattoush is a Middle Eastern bread salad made from toasted or fried pita bread, tomatoes, radishes, and cucumber and tossed with a lemon-sumac dressing. The Lebanese are often credited with its creation, but you'll find riffs on this salad throughout the Middle East. Although tomato and cucumber are the standbys, fattoush often includes other veggies, such as radishes, romaine lettuce, scallions, purslane, and bell peppers.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have fattoush (pitta bread salad) using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad):

1. Take 1 romaine lettuce (or 2 little gems) washed, spun and broken into inch size pieces
2. Make ready 1 small red/purple onion, diced
3. Make ready 3 small ripe tomatoes, diced
4. Prepare 1/2 English cucumber, seeds removed and chopped
5. Take 2 pitta breads
6. Make ready dressing
7. Prepare 1 garlic clove
8. Make ready 1/2 lemon, juiced
9. Make ready 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
10. Prepare 1 salt and black pepper
11. Get optional extras
12. Prepare 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
13. Prepare 3 tbsp chopped parsley
14. Take 1/2 cup chopped black olives

So, in Arabic, the word "fattoush" is derived from "fatteh" which literally means "crumbs."As you can imagine, this Fattoush Salad is basically a. Drain on kitchen paper and leave to cool. Break up the bread into bite-sized pieces. Fattoush is essentially a "bread salad," said to have originated in Northern Lebanon.

Instructions to make Fattoush (Pitta Bread Salad):

1. Heat oven to 200 C
2. Split the pittas and place them on a baking sheet
3. Cook for 8 -10 minutes, turning over halfway through, until crispy and a little browned
4. Set pittas aside to cool
5. Put lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion and tomatoes into a large salad bowl
6. Make the dressing: if you have a pestle and mortar, smash the garlic with the salt until completely crushed. If not, crush with salt on a chopping board then put in a small bowl
7. With the garlic, whisk in the lemon juice, oil and black pepper
8. Break the pittas into pieces directly into the salad bowl
9. Pour over the dressing and toss well
10. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours to let the flavours develop (I make hubby's the night before and he takes it to work the next day)

Lebanese farmers would fry leftover pita scraps in a bit of olive oil for extra flavor. And to build their fattoush, they'd simply throw the pita chips in with whatever in-season vegetables and herbs they have on hand. Fattoush is a popular salad in Middle Eastern cuisine and especially in Lebanon. In a sense, it's the Middle East's version of Italian Panzanella which is a bread salad made with toasted croutons. Toasted bread cubes also feature prominently in Caesar salad, where the bread is often seasoned with grated Parmesan cheese.

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