Fattoush

By Mark Bittman

Fattoush
Sam Kaplan for The New York Times. Food stylist: Suzanne Lenzer. Prop stylist. Maeve Sheridan.
Total Time
About 10 minutes
Rating
4(39)
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Grab-and-go offerings of picnicky food are almost universally mediocre and exasperatingly expensive. Resist the temptation to outsource and make your own. This recipe is built to last. You can make it a day or two ahead of time, or leave it out on the counter if you're going to eat this salad within a few hours of making it.

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Ingredients

  • pita bread
  • chopped tomatoes
  • cucumbers
  • red bell pepper
  • fresh parsley and mint
  • olive oil
  • lemon juice.
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Chop up some pita (this salad should be at least half bread), and toast in the oven, tossing occasionally, until nice and crisp.

  2. Step 2

    Let cool (you can store these croutons, tightly covered, for up to 2 days).

  3. Step 3

    Combine chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red bell pepper, plenty of chopped fresh parsley and mint, olive oil and lemon juice.

  4. Step 4

    Pack the pita croutons separately, and toss together right before serving.

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Eric

Delicious.

A few comments:

The tomatoes are the star of this dish, and if you can't find good ones, don't bother. I lucked out and found some heirloom tomatoes at the market. Halved cherry or grape tomatoes would also work well.

The salad does not need to be half bread - I think it works best with more vegetables and less bread.

Finally, if you've bought a lemon anyway, grating the lemon zest into the vegetable mixture is delicious. Why waste the tastiest part?

leslie

Add garbanzo beans to make it a meal.

Stans.

I love this salade but do not need so much pitah, You can use more vegetables and the beautiful feta of sheep. sumac in your oil with lemmon and a pinch of pepper for that special taste.

Cook from Chapel Hill

I don’t think fattoush tastes good without sumac spice. I would recommend adding some to the dressing.

leslie

Add garbanzo beans to make it a meal.

Eric

Delicious.

A few comments:

The tomatoes are the star of this dish, and if you can't find good ones, don't bother. I lucked out and found some heirloom tomatoes at the market. Halved cherry or grape tomatoes would also work well.

The salad does not need to be half bread - I think it works best with more vegetables and less bread.

Finally, if you've bought a lemon anyway, grating the lemon zest into the vegetable mixture is delicious. Why waste the tastiest part?

Stans.

I love this salade but do not need so much pitah, You can use more vegetables and the beautiful feta of sheep. sumac in your oil with lemmon and a pinch of pepper for that special taste.

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