For some reason I began this year craving Fattoush. If you have yet to be introduced, Fattoush is a middle eastern salad, it is fairly straight-forward and is highlighted by its addition of fried pita pieces and the pomegranate dressing. We decided to supplement this meal with some other dishes as we had it over several nights, some suggestions would be spanakopita, a wrap with roasted veg, falafel balls, spicy herby roasted potatoes. Due to its distinctiveness, it is a crave-worthy salad and once you have tried it you can bet you will get periodic fattoush dreams like me, sorry, not sorry.
Fattoush
- pita, cut into triangles
- 1 romaine, chopped
- 1/2 green pepper, diced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1-2 persian cucumbers, sliced and quartered
- 2 radish, thinly sliced
- 2 green onions, chopped
- small bunch of parsley, chopped
- optional toppings:
- pomegranate seeds
- feta
For the dressing
- garlic, 1 clove, pressed
- pomegranate molasses. 1 tsp
- olive oil, 2 tbsp
- lemon juice, 1 tsp
- s+p
So simple, so easy, so delicious. Just toss all your veg in a bowl, mix up your dressing. For the pita, (which is the what really makes this salad, along with the pomegranate molasses in the dressing) you just cut it into little pita triangles and sautee with oil and s+p, until crispy. When finished, toss your pitas in with the salad and dressing and crumble some fresh feta (make sure its sheep feta) on top. You can throw fresh mint leaves on or a dash of sumac if you have these things laying around.
If you live in Atl or any other big city you can easily find the niche ingredients at your local middle eastern/international grocery store – special shoutout to Al Rahman grocery store in Clarkston, who offers freshly made whole white and white pita almost every day, you can find it directly on Ponce, on the left before you get to Refuge Coffee.
