La Panzanella

Tuscan Bread and Tomato Salad

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

  • About

This famous Tuscan salad has a substantial bread base with the addition of juicy ripe tomatoes, onions, cucumbers and basil to give it flavour and freshness. Served elegantly, in a pretty bowl or on a flat platter, this makes a wonderful appetizer and can be enlarged with the addition of flaked canned tuna in olive oil or cooked fish fillets to make a more filling meal. It is a rustic dish, perfect for hot summer days, and is a useful way of using up precious leftover bread, which needs to