Fattoush

Ingredients

• 2 pieces pita bread, day-old
• 2 pieces cucumbers, diced
• 3 pieces tomatoes, diced
• 6 pieces radishes, sliced
• 1 pieces romaine lettuce, torn
• 3 pieces spring onions, sliced
• 30 g flat-leaf parsley
• 20 g fresh mint
• 2 tsp sumac
• 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 80 ml olive oil

Steps

1. 1
   Tear the pita into rough pieces and fry them in olive oil until deep gold and brittle, or bake at 190C for 8 minutes. Drain on paper.
2. 2
   Whisk the lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, half the sumac, salt and the remaining olive oil into a dressing.
3. 3
   Chop all the vegetables into similar bite-sized pieces and combine them with the torn lettuce and herbs.
4. 4
   Dress the vegetables and toss well.
5. 5
   Add the fried bread only at the very last moment — added early it goes limp and the whole point is lost.
6. 6
   Scatter over the remaining sumac and serve at once.