Panzanella my version........tutta da scoprire

The old bread salad

This recipe is a combination of old traditional with today’s taste.

It does not require extreme ingredients apart from excellent old crusty bread, extra virgin olive oil and firm but ripe tomatoes. Add a few other ingredients and you have a fantastic, flavoursome salad that can be used on its own as a salad or as an accompaniment to fish or chicken alla griglia

Ingredients

Crusty old bread cut into slices then into large cubes

Extra virgin olive oil

Anchovy fillets

Capers

Red onion thinly sliced

1 garlic clove crushed

1 red pepper seeded and cut into thin strips

1 cucumber peeled and diced

3 Firm ripe tomatoes diced

2 tomatoes squashed and seasoned

Red wine vinegar

Basil finely cut

1 pinch of oregano

Sea salt

chilli optional

Method

Place the anchovies, capers and garlic in a small bowl and with the back of a fork mash to a pulp.

Place bread in a bowl large enough to toss all the ingredients together.

Soak the bread with the squashed tomatoes, salt and a little extra virgin olive oil and let steep for about 30 minutes. Remove the squashed tomato from the bowl and add the diced cucumber, the red onion, the anchovy mixture, the red pepper, the red wine vinegar, toss until all combined. At this stage add a little more extra virgin olive oil, the basil, oregano, sea salt and a good grinding of pepper toss thoroughly,

Taste and correct the seasoning

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