Fattoush

Name: Fattoush (Famous Toasted Bread Salad)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 1 red onion (halved and sliced into thin rings); 1 flatbread (toasted and broken into pieces); 3 radishes (thinly sliced); Juice of 1 organic lemon; 2 tablespoons of white wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon of pomegranate molasses; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) of good quality extra-virgin olive oil; Salt; 2 teaspoons of sumac; 1 garlic clove (pressed); 3 medium tomatoes (chopped); ½ a small cucumber (chopped); 1 head of cos (romaine) lettuce (washed and cut up into large pieces); 1 bunch of flat-leaf parsley (coarsely chopped); 1 bunch of mint (coarsely chopped)

Famous Toasted Bread Salad

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sumac

By Anas Atassi

Published 2021

About

In Syria, purslane is often used in fattoush. If you can’t find purslane, cos lettuce is a tasty alternative.

Ingredients

1 head of cos (romaine) lettuce (washed and cut up into large pieces)
½ a small cucumber (chopped)
3 medium

Asia
Syria
Vegan

Method

In a small bowl, use a fork to whisk together all the dressing ingredients except the sumac.

In a large bowl, and using clean hands, toss all the salad ingredients except the flatbread pieces. Add the dressing, 1 teaspoon of the sumac, and toss. Let the salad rest to meld the flavours.

Before serving, arrange the toasted flatbread croutons over the salad and sprinkle the other t