This my favorite salad ever. Fattoush salad is very popular in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon. It is made with seasonal produce of vegetables and herbs and then topped with toasted or fried squares of pita bread. There is no rule of what should be in a Fattoush salad you add any vegetable or herb you want or take out the ones you.don't like, I usually omit the parsley in the fattoush simply because I'm not a big fan of it. In the dressing two Middle Eastern ingredients are used which gives fattoush it's authentic flavor. These ingredients are Sumac and pomegranate molasses , you can buy online by clicking on them or you can find them in any Middle Eastern Grocery store, and sometimes you can even find them in the international isle in your local grocery store.
Ingredients:
Serves 6-8
1 Romaine Lettuce Heart chopped
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1 cup of halfed then sliced cucumbers
3 Radishes halfed and sliced
¾ cup sliced green onions
2 large tomatoes cut in big cubes
1 small mint bunch (about 25 leaves). Remove leaves from stems and stack on top of each other. Hold stack flat with tips of fingers. Cut thin slices through the leaves.
¼ cup chopped Italian Parsley (optional)
2 Loafs of Pita bread
Dressing:
¼+ 1Tbsp. cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 garlic cloves minced
1/3 cup+ 2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. Pomegranate Molasses
½ tbsp. white vinegar
½ tsp. Sumac
½ tsp. salt
Directions:
Blend all of the Ingredients for the dressing until well mixed. If you are not using a blender, Whisk all ingredients together except olive oil and while whisking, slowly add olive oil until well blended.
Pull Loaves apart and toast under broiler until golden brown. Break loafs into bite size pieces. Set aside.
(You can also fry the pita bread instead of toasting them)
Toss all vegetables together, pour dressing on top and combine. Top with Pita Bread just when you are ready to serve, if you do it ahead of time, your bread will get soggy.
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