FAST FOOD
Fattoush

Fattoush

Serves 8



1 cup   olive oil
2   pieces of Lebanese bread, quartered
500 gm   grape tomatoes or small cherry tomatoes, halved
2   Lebanese cucumbers, finely chopped
1½ cups   loosely packed flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
1½ cups   loosely packed mint leaves, coarsely chopped
1   red capsicum, seeded and finely chopped
4   radishes, halved and thinly sliced
4   green onions, thinly sliced
1 tbsp   sumac
½ cup   extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp   lemon juice


1 Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, and, when hot, add half the Lebanese bread and fry until golden, then drain on absorbent paper. Repeat with remaining bread.
2 Combine tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, mint, capsicum, radishes and green onions in a large bowl and stir to combine. Coarsely break Lebanese bread, toss with vegetable mixture, then sprinkle over sumac, drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and lemon juice, and mix gently to combine. Serve immediately.


RECIPE Rodney Dunn and Emma Knowles PHOTOGRAPHY Brett Stevens STYLING Yael Grinham


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