Fattoush (middle eastern bread salad)

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Green bell pepper, 1/4-inch dice
1 cup Cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
1 cup Chopped scallions
¾ cup Chopped flat-leaf parsley
½ cup Coarsely-chopped fresh mint
1 cup Coarsely-chopped lettuce, not iceberg
2 Garlic cloves
Salt and pepper
¼ cup Freshly-squeezed lemon juice
⅓ cup Extra-virgin olive oil
1½ teaspoon Ground sumac (available in Middle Eastern groceries)
2 cups Plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded & diced
2 cups Crumbled toasted pita

Directions

In a large salad bowl combine pepper, cucumber, scallions, herbs and lettuce. Crush garlic and chop it with ½ teaspoon salt to a paste.

Combine in a small bowl with lemon juice, olive oil, sumac an d pepper.

Whisk lemon dressing into salad ingredients, toss to mix, cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3. Ten minutes before serving, add tomatoes and pita and toss well; season with sal t and pepper.

>From Taste Show # 4718

Recipe by: David Rosengarten Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #638 by Nancy Berry <nlberry@...> on Jun 09, 1997

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