Classic Fattoush

Name: Classic Fattoush
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; 1 cos lettuce, chopped; 8 radishes, thinly sliced; 25 g picked mint leaves; 25 g picked flat-leaf parsley leaves; 2 spring onions, trimmed and chopped; 100 g purslane (optional); 70 ml extra virgin olive oil; 3 wholewheat pitta breads; 250 g sweet cherry tomatoes; 2 tbsp sumac; 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses; ¼ tsp salt; juice of ² lemon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Salads

By Fi Buchanan

Published 2023

About

Sumac is the cornerstone of this traditional Middle Eastern bread salad. Don’t be tempted to substitute as it’s got this incredibly distinctive sour, lemony flavour.

Ingredients

3 wholewheat pitta breads
250 g sweet cherry tomatoes
1 cucumber

July
Vegan

Method

Preheat the grill to medium.

Make the dressing by whisking together the oil, pomegranate molasses, sumac, lemon juice and salt, and brush it on one side of each pitta (or use your fingertips), reserving the leftover dressing. Grill the pitta (on the dressed side)