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Title: Fattoush (Middle Eastern Bread Salad)
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

      1    green bell pepper, 1/4-inch
           -dice
      1 c  cucumber, peeled, seeded and
           - diced
      1 c  chopped scallions
    3/4 c  chopped flat-leaf parsley
    1/2 c  coarsely-chopped fresh mint
      1 c  coarsely-chopped lettuce,
           -not icebe; rg
      2    garlic cloves
      1    salt and pepper
    1/4 c  freshly-squeezed lemon juice
    1/3 c  extra-virgin olive oil
  1 1/2 ts ground sumac (available in
           -middle e; astern groceries)
      2 c  plum tomatoes, peeled,
           -seeded & dic; ed
      2 c  crumbled toasted pita

Instructions

In a large salad bowl combine pepper, cucumber, scallions, herbs and
lettuce. Crush garlic and chop it with 1/2 teaspoon salt to a paste.
Combine in a small bowl with lemon juice, olive oil, sumac an d pepper.
Whisk lemon dressing into salad ingredients, toss to mix, cover and
refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3. Ten minutes before serving, add
tomatoes and pita and toss well; season with sal t and pepper.

>From Taste Show # 4718

Recipe by: David Rosengarten Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #638 by Nancy
Berry on Jun 09, 1997

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