Fattoush

Name: Fattoush
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 unit pita bread; 4 unit tomatoes; 2 unit cucumber; 6 unit radishes; 1 unit romaine lettuce; ½ cup parsley; ¼ cup mint; 2 unit lemon; ⅓ cup olive oil; 2 tsp sumac

Soups & Salads · African & Middle Eastern

10 ingredients · 25 minutes · 6 servings

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196kcal3.5g protein12.5g fat19.7g carbs*

Contains gluten · sometimes contains dairy, egg, peanut, tree nut, sesame, soy, shellfish, fish — check the label

Restrictions

ContainsglutenIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.

Sometimes contains — check the labeldairy (romaine) · egg (romaine) · peanut (romaine) · tree nut (romaine) · sesame (romaine) · soy (romaine) · shellfish (romaine) · fish (romaine)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.

Diets

Vegetarian · checkVegan · checkPescatarian · checkNo pork · checkNo alcohol · check

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

2 unit	pita bread
4 unit	tomatoes
2 unit	cucumber
6 unit	radishes
1 unit	romaine lettuce
½ cup	parsley
¼ cup	mint
2 unit	lemon
⅓ cup	olive oil
2 tsp	sumac

Optional

Not counted above. The dish works without them.

1 tbsp

pomegranate molasses

Steps

bake8 min
pita dry and crisp
Tear or cut the pita into bite-size pieces and toast until crisp. Let it cool completely; warm bread trapped with vegetables releases steam and loses its crunch before the salad reaches the table.
prep10 min
vegetables dry and bite-size
Chop tomatoes, cucumber, radishes and romaine into varied bite-size pieces and roughly chop the parsley and mint. Drain or dry watery vegetables so they do not dilute the dressing immediately.
mix3 min
bright tart dressing
Whisk lemon juice, olive oil and sumac, adding pomegranate molasses if using, and season with salt. The dressing should taste assertively tart because the vegetables and bread mute its acidity.
mix1 min
lightly dressed
Toss the vegetables and herbs with the dressing until just coated. Avoid prolonged mixing, which bruises herbs and draws water from the salted vegetables.
top1 min
serve immediately
Fold in most of the crisp pita at the last moment and scatter the rest over the top. Serve immediately while some bread edges absorb dressing but their centers still crunch.