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Fattoush
Fattoush is a Middle Eastern salad with a wonderful mixture of fresh, slightly acidic flavours with a kickback of garlic.
Ingredients
Cucumber 1 medium, peeled, seeded and diced
Pitta bread 1
Garlic 2 plump cloves, finely chopped, worked to a paste with scant ½ teaspoon salt
Juice of 1 lemon
Olive oil 6 tablespoon
Large shallots 4, or 2 medium red onions, finely chopped
Celery heart 1 (at least 4 sticks with fronds), trimmed and finely sliced
Tomatoes 500g, cored, scalded, peeled and seeded
Flat-leaf parsley large bunch
Mint 1 tablespoon, roughly chopped
Coriander 3 tablespoon, roughly chopped
Method
Tip the cucumber into a colander, dredge with ½ tsp salt and leave to drain for 15 minutes
Split the pitta bread in half and toast both sides until crisp
When cool enough to handle, crumble into small pieces
Put the garlic paste into a salad bowl, stir in the lemon juice and whisk in the olive oil
Tip in the onions, then the celery,tomatoes and herbs, stirring each time
Place the cucumber in a clean dishcloth and squeeze dry
Add to the dish and season generously with black pepper
Toss then strew the pitta bread over the top
Five minutes before serving, fold in the bread
Serves 4 - 6
Cook Books: Vegetable and Salad Recipes