Salads and appetizers
ChefFatima Jammoul
How to Make Fattoush
A classic fattoush made with the familiar core ingredients — the defining element is the toasted or fried bread. Some like to add arugula, za'atar, or other greens.
Fattoush — one of the most famous Lebanese salads; we never get enough of it.
Ingredients
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- Lettuce
- Parsley
- Fresh mint
- Cucumber
- Tomatoes
- Bell pepper
- Radish
- Green onions
- A pinch of sumac
- Salt
- Oil
- Lemon juice
- Pomegranate molasses to taste
- Toasted or fried bread (pita)
- For more great salads, see Pasta Salad
Method
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- Wash the vegetables well and let them drain
- Roughly chop the lettuce and likewise the tomatoes and cucumbers...
- Pluck the mint and parsley leaves or chop them finely according to preference
- Finely chop the radishes, spring onion and pepper
- Mix the lemon juice, salt, sumac and oil to make the fattoush dressing; you can add pomegranate molasses as desired or drizzle pomegranate molasses over the top in the final step
- Pour the dressing over the vegetables and mix
- Scatter the fried or toasted bread over the top of the fattoush and serve immediately
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- For more wonderful salads here is the pasta salad link
Recipe tags
Salads and appetizersLevantVegetarianVeganDairy freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- Pasta Salad
