Tunisian Bread Salad
- Salad
- 1 eggplant, cut into a medium (bite-sized) dice
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into a medium (bite-sized) dice
- 1 yellow bell pepper (bite-sized) dice
- 8 oz mini sweet or cherry tomatoes
- 3 small shallots, quartered
- 3 or 4 garlic cloves
- Olive oil
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup nicoise olives, pitted
- A generous handful of fresh mint, roughly chopped
- A generous handful of fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1 day-old round loaf of bread or whatever rustic bread you have on hand, cut into medium-sized cubes*
- Fresh cheese (feta, goat or bocconcini will do), torn or crumbled into small pieces (garnish)
- 2 tsps capers, rinsed and drained (garnish)
- 1 or 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered (garnish)
- Dressing
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp harissa
- 1 1/2 tbsps honey
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Preheat oven to 400u0b0 F.
- In a bowl, toss together eggplant, bell peppers, tomatoes, shallots and garlic with olive oil, salt and pepper to coat. On a baking sheet, arrange vegetables in a single layer. Roast for 25 minutes until lightly browned.
- For the dressing, whisk together the rice vinegar, harissa and honey in a bowl. Drizzle in extra virgin olive oil, whisking to incorporate.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer roasted vegetables to a large bowl. Add olives, herbs, and bread and toss with dressing. Garnish with cheese, capers, and hard-boiled eggs.
- *If you have fresh bread, just put the cubes of bread on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, and bake at 350u0b0 F until lightly browned. You just want it to be crisp enough to stand up to the salad dressing and not turn to mush.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/6798-tunisian-bread-salad (may not work)