Fattoush is definitely one of the Levantine classics. Whether as a mezze or a simple main course – you definitely have to try this colorful bread salad. You don’t have to invest a lot of time in it either, as you can prepare the vegan salad quickly.

Recipe for Fattoush – Lebanese bread salad

Rezept speichern

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings People

Calories 201

Ingredients

1 Romaine lettuce
2 Lebanese flatbreads
2 Tomatoes
1/2 Cucumber
5 Radish
2 Spring onions
1 Handful purslane or lamb's lettuce
1 Paprika
6 Branches flat leaf parsley
3 Zweige Branches Mint
1/2 Lemon squeezed
60 ml Olive oil or more
1/2 EL Sumac
Salt, pepper

Zubereitung

Wash the vegetables and herbs.
Cut or tear the romaine lettuce into strips.
Cut the tomato into bite-sized pieces.
Remove the seeds from the peppers and cut them into small cubes.
Halve the cucumbers lengthwise and cut them into slices.
Cut the spring onion into rings.
Cut the radishes into slices.
Pluck the mint leaves from the twig. Coarsely chop the mint and parsley.
Put the vegetables and herbs in a bowl and mix them together.
Separate the pita bread halves from each other and deep-fry them at approx. 180 °C until they are brown and crispy. Alternatively, you can toast the pita bread in the oven.
Mix the lemon juice, olive oil, sumac and salt and pepper together and add the dressing to the salad. Mix the salad thoroughly. If necessary, season again with salt and pepper and let the salad stand for 5 – 10 minutes.
Crumble the fried pita bread and serve with the fattoush.

Notes

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Nährwerte

What is Fattoush?

Fattoush is a colorful salad with pita chips and is therefore also known as bread salad.

The salad is said to originate from the rural regions of Lebanon, where farmers crumbled stale bread onto their fresh vegetables or fried them in olive oil for more flavor. As seasonal vegetables are used for the salad, the ingredients can vary.

On the whole, fattoush is a colorful mixed salad that is perfect for spring and summer. But the special thing about fattoush is the crunchy bread chips made from deep-fried flatbread.

The name fattoush also comes from the Arabic term fitt, which means to tear. This refers to the tearing or breaking of the flatbread. You simply break it into pieces and scatter it over the salad.

What goes into the bread salad?

When we recently had a barbecue at my sister’s house, my little niece asked as we were chopping away in the kitchen: “Are you making tabbouleh?” Her look turned a little stony when my sister told her that it was going to be fattoush and not tabouleh. “What’s fatsch?” she asked, horrified. “Not fatsch, fattoush. It’s a mixed salad,” my sister replied. “With tomatoes?” she asked, because she loves tomatoes.

To their delight, Fattoush also contains tomatoes – but also much more:

crunchy romaine lettuce
pink radishes
Colorful peppers
fresh cucumbers
mild spring onions
fresh purslane
fresh herbs
tangy lemon
aromatic spices
Good olive oil
stale flatbread

Purslane looks very similar to lamb’s lettuce, but has much fleshier leaves and tastes slightly nutty. Unfortunately, purslane is not available everywhere and at all times. That’s why I sometimes reach for the more bland lamb’s lettuce as an alternative.

Sumac & bread chips

The dressing also contains a special ingredient: sumac.
If you’ve read a few of my other recipes, you’ve probably come across this spice before. It tastes slightly tart and sour and gives the salad its unmistakable flavor.

A few tips for a sensational salad

If you don’t like it quite so greasy, you can also simply toast the flatbread in the oven. Brush it with a little oil to make it really crunchy.
Don’t know how to eat the salad? Do as my niece does – pick the tomatoes out of the salad and place them on the crispy flatbread slivers.
Do you have good pomegranate syrup at home? Mix some into the dressing and the salad will taste even fruitier.
Shish taouk, kafta or shish kebab are excellent side dishes.

I hope you enjoy preparing the fattoush recipe and, of course, bon appétit.

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You can find out more about the cuisine of the Levant in my guide. And if you’re craving more salad, try my best summer salads!

Fattoush – Colorful bread salad