Tomato & Cucumber Panzanella Salad

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    2–4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      20 min

Appears in
Easy Vegan

By Sue Quinn

Published 2015

  • About

If you have stale bread to use up, this classic Italian salad is ideal. As ever for simple dishes, good-quality ingredients are crucial, so use lovely ripe tomatoes, flavourful olive oil and excellent bread.

Ingredients

  • 2 garlic cloves
  • tablespoons olive oil
  • 120 g (

Method

Slice 1 of the garlic cloves. Pour the olive oil into a cold frying pan and add the sliced garlic. Gently cook until the oil heats and the garlic starts to colour. Remove the garlic with a slotted spoon and discard. Add the bread to the oil, increase the heat to medium–high and toss until crisp and golden. Transfer to paper towels.

Cut the tomatoes into bite-sized pieces, put in a colan