Italian bread salad

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
10 Slices, 1-inch thick Italian
Style bread, crust removed
(2 days old-
Stale)
4 cups Ice water
5 Ripe plum tomatoes, peeled
And cut into large pieces
1 small Red onion, small dice
15 Basil leaves, ripped
12 Pitted black olives, oil
Cured
3 tablespoons Red wine vinegar
2 Cloves garlic, minced
⅓ cup Olive oil
Salt and fresh ground
Pepper

Directions

Break bread into large pieces and soak in 4 cups ice water, about 6 to 8 minutes, gently turning over twice. Squeeze bread to remove water and break into 1-inch pieces and place in a clean bowl. To this add tomatoes, onion, basil and olives. In a small bowl combine vinegar, garlic and oil (mix well). Pour over bread mixture. Stir together all ingredients and season with salt and several grinds of black pepper. Mix well and serve. Garnish with fresh basil leaves.

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