Fattoush Salad
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 3 pieces toasted pita bread broken into 1 inch pieces
- 1 head romaine lettuce or purslane chopped or broke into pieces
- 3 medium size tomatoes cut into quarters
- 3 radishes stems removed, thinly sliced
- 1 small persian or english cucumber cut in half and sliced
- 1/2 cup chopped curly or flat leaf parsley
- 1 cup chopped fresh mint
- 1/2 cup chopped scallion
- For the dressing:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons of pomegranate molasses
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon of sumac - *available at Middle Eastern markets
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground allspice
Instructions
- Start by toasting the pita bread in a toaster oven until crisp and golden brown in color. Break the bread into 1 inch pieces. Seat aside.
- Make the salad dressing. Whisk together the lemon juice, the pomegranate molasses, the garlic, sugar, sumac, allspice, salt and pepper. Add the olive oil and whisk until the olive oil is emulsified into the dressing. Set aside.
- In a large salad bowl, combine the lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, cucumber, parsley, mint and scallion.
- Just before serving, give dressing another quick whisk and start to pour over the salad slowly. Taste your salad and add more dressing and salt if necessary. Add the toasted pita bread and serve immediately. Enjoy!