Fattoush

Name: Fattoush
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 French shallots, finely chopped; 1 clove garlic; 2 pitta breads or other similar flat breads; 4 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped; 1 green capsicum (pepper); 4 tablespoons fresh mint, finely chopped; few drops of Tabasco sauce; 1 teaspoon salt; 60 ml (2 fl oz) lemon juice; 125 ml (4 fl oz) olive oil; 4 ripe tomatoes; 1 small cos or romaine lettuce; 1 small cucumber; 4 spring onions, finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Salads

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2001

About

This Middle Eastern salad is traditionally garnished with toasted Arab or Lebanese bread and is brightly flavoured with fresh mint and parsley.

Ingredients

4 ripe tomatoes
1 small cos or romaine lettuce
1 small cucumber

Vegan

Method

Bring a small pan of water to the boil. With the point of a small sharp knife; score a small cross in the skin at the base of the tomatoes. Drop the tomatoes into the boiling water for 10 seconds, then plunge into a bowl of cold water. Peel the skin away from the cross, then cut around and remove the stalk from the tomatoes. Slice the tomatoes into quarters, remove and disc