Tuscan Style Bread Salad
By: Mustard Communi...
Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 7:24am

Ingredients




100 g/4oz ciabatta bread
90 ml/6tbsp olive oil
450 g/1lb ripe tomatoes
1 small yellow pepper, deseeded
1 small orange pepper, deseeded
1 small red onion, finely shredded
150 g/5oz pitted black olives, drained
45 tablespoons ml/3  white balsamic vinegar
A handful of fresh basil leaves, shredded

225 g/8oz Sweet Romaine lettuce, trimmed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C/400F/Gs Mark 6. Tear the bread into bite 2 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. 3 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. 4 Finally tear the lettuce into bite sized pieces, add to the bowl and toss until well mixed.

About


This is one of my favourite recipes, it has all the great flavours of Italy and is simply delicious.  If you want to try some more tasty salad recipes visit www.britishleafysalads.co.uk and enjoy!