Lebanese Fattoush Salad
The Lebanese Fattoush Salad is a popular dish on Middle Eastern dinner tables. It is a simple salad, tossed with a light red wine vinaigrette.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoon pomegranate molasses
- 2 small garlic clove minced or pressed
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 teaspoons crushed dried mint divided
- 4 teaspoons sumac divided
- 4 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 hearts of romaine chopped into 2-inch pieces
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes quartered
- ½ red onion thinly sliced
- 1 red pepper cut into long strips
- 2 radishes thinly sliced
- Pita chips
- 10 fresh mint leaves in chiffonade
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- For the vinaigrette, in a small bowl whisk the lemon, pomegranate molasses,garlic, salt, 1 teaspoon of the dried mint, 1 teaspoon of the sumac and olive oil until it is emulsified.
- For the salad, toss the romaine, tomatoes, onion, radishes, and pita chips in a salad bowl.Dress the salad with the vinaigrette and toss. Dust with the remaining sumac, dried mint, fresh mint and freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately.