Fabulous Fattoush

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lemon cucumbers or 1 english cucumber
• 6 scallions
• 3/4 lb tomato, chopped
• 1/4 lb golden tomato, cut in half
• salt
• 3 pita bread or 3 arabic bread, day old
• 1 head romaine lettuce
• 1 bunch flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
• 1 bunch fresh mint
• 1 cup purslane, rinsed and drained
• 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground sumac
• freshly cracked black pepper
• lemon wedge, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 whisk together in a non-reactive bowl the olive oil, lemon juice, sumac and black pepper. set aside.
• 2 dice the lemon cucumbers. (if using english cucumber, peel then dice.) chop the scallions and mix the cucumbers, scallions and tomatoes together in a bowl. sprinkle with salt and allow to stand 10 minutes.
• 3 toast the bread until lightly browned then cool. once cool enough to handle, break the bread up into 1 inch pieces and place in a serving bowl or platter.
• 4 cover the bread with the cucumber/tomato mixture and let stand 10 minutes to allow the bread to absorb the juices.
• 5 chop the romaine lettuce, parsley and mint. strip the purslane leaves from the stalks. stir the herbs into the salad.
• 6 pour the vinaigrette over the salad and serve immediately.
• 7 note: do not prepare the salad in advance. if the salad is prepared too soon it will turn soggy. best eaten the same day it is prepared.