Tuscan Style Bread Salad
You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Tuscan Style Bread Salad a try.
- Servings: 4
- Total cooking time:
Ingredients:
- A handful of fresh basil leaves, shredded
- 150 g 5oz pitted black olives, drained
- 100 g 4oz ciabatta bread
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small orange pepper, deseeded
- 1 small red onion, finely shredded
- 225 g 8oz Sweet Romaine lettuce, trimmed
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 450 g 1lb ripe tomatoes
- 45 tablespoons ml/3 white balsamic vinegar
- 1 small yellow pepper, deseeded
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C/400F/Gs Mark
- Tear the bread into bite
- Seized pieces and place in a roasting tin.
- Drizzle over half the oil and toss to coat the bread.
- Bake for 15-20mins or until the bread is golden and crunchy.
- Cut the tomatoes and peppers into bite seized chinks and place in a large bowl.
- Add the onion, olives, remaining oil, vinegar and basil. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper then toss together with the bread. Leave to stand for 5 minutes to allow the flavours to infuse.Finally tear the lettuce into bite sized pieces, add to the bowl and toss until well mixed.
