Fattoush: Middle Eastern Pita Bread Salad

By Talk2usoon

Traditional Fattoush salad is made with a mixture of chopped fresh vegetables, and mix in the toasted pita just before serving. If you'd like, add some crumbled feta cheese.

Ingredients

• 1 pita bread, toasted until well browned, cut or broken into 1/2-inch squares
• 2 medium tomatoes, diced (we used 2 cups small, cherry-sized heirlooms and cut them into halves)
• 1/2 cucumber, diced
• 2 tablespoon minced red onion
• 1 generous handful fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 generous handful fresh mint leaves, julienned the leaves
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Ground sumac, for garnish

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 25mins

Preparation

Step 1

Combine tomatoes, cucumber, onion, cilantro , mint, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and several grinds of black pepper. Taste and adjust the seasoning; you may need more olive oil, lemon juice, salt, or pepper. Just before serving, add the toasted pita, it doesn’t become soggy.

from Herbivoracious, the cookbook from Michael Natkin