This salad is a specialty of Lebanese cuisine. Served with other hot and cold mezzés, it’s refreshing and delicious. Nasser, a native Lebanese, reveals his personal recipe.
Ingredients (serves 2):
- 100 grams romaine lettuce
- 1 bunch radishes
- 1 cucumber
- 3 heirloom tomatoes
- 1 lemon
- pomegranate seeds (optional)
- fresh mint
- 2 Lebanese bread cakes
- olive oil
- pomegranate molasses
- apple vinegar
- cumin
- salt
- sumac
- garlic
Preparation :
Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
Crush garlic and mix with 2 tablespoons of
olive oil. Brush olive oil over the Lebanese bread, sprinkle over
a little salt and sumac. Toast the bread prepared in this way for
about 5 minutes, until golden brown.
In a bowl or large salad bowl, prepare the sauce by mixing 2
tablespoons of olive oil, pomegranate molasses and
apple vinegar.
Wash vegetables thoroughly.
Cut the romaine into thin leaves.
Cut radishes and cucumbers (peeled or unpeeled) into thin slices.
slats.
Cut the tomatoes into quarters and the lemons into smaller
pieces.
Place all the ingredients in the bowl and mix well.
Add the toasted bread on top of the mixture.
Sprinkle with a teaspoon of cumin, a little salt and
sumac.
Add the pomegranate seeds.
Add the fresh mint.
The fattouche is ready! Sahtein!