Fattoush
A Levantine bread salad — crisp fried pita over chopped vegetables in a sumac and pomegranate molasses dressing.
Ingredients
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
- to taste salt
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 1391 kcal · P 28.3g · C 143.1g · F 86g
Estimated from 12 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Tear the pita into rough pieces and fry them in olive oil until deep gold and brittle, or bake at 190°C for 8 minutes. Drain on paper.
- 2Whisk the lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, half the sumac, salt and the remaining olive oil into a dressing.
- 3Combine the cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes and spring onions in a large bowl with the torn lettuce, parsley and mint.
- 4Dress the vegetables and toss well.
- 5Add the fried bread only at the very last moment — added early it goes limp and the whole point is lost.
- 6Scatter over the remaining sumac and serve at once.
Questions and answers
How long does Fattoush take to make?
About 30 minutes: 20 min prep and 10 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Fattoush?
13 ingredients: pita bread, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, romaine lettuce, spring onions, flat-leaf parsley, fresh mint, sumac, pomegranate molasses, lemon juice, olive oil and 1 more.
How many servings does this Fattoush recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Fattoush?
About 348 kcal, with 7.1 g protein, 35.8 g carbohydrate and 21.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Fattoush recipe suit?
It is vegan.
What cuisine is Fattoush?
Fattoush comes from Lebanese cuisine.
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