Middle Eastern Labanese Fattoush Bread Salad

• 1-1/2 pita breads
• Arab bread
• 1 head romaine lettuce, cut into ribbons
• 3 md. sized firm ripe tomatoes, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 3 sm. cucumbers, peeled, cut into thick slices
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into sm. slices
• 1-1/2 red onions
• mild white onions,
• 9 scallions, chopped
• 1 bunch of rocket leaves, torn
• Butch of purslane leaves
• lambs lettuce, torn
• 1 sm. bunch of flat leaf parsley, chopped
• Mint, a few sprigs, shredded
• 5 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• Salt and pepper
• 1 tbsp. ground sumac

1. Cut open the breads and toast them under the broiler until they are crisp turning them over once.
2. Break them into small pieces in your hands.
3. Put all the vegetables in a large bowl with the onions, rocket and purslane leaves or lambs lettuce, flat leaf parsley, and mint.
4. For the dressing, mix the olive oil with the lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, and sumac.
5. Just before serving, add the toasted bread and toss well with the dressing.
6. Serves 6-8.
7. Variation: For the old style version, put the broken pieces of toast in a bowl.
8. Moisten and soften with a little cold water or lemon juice before adding them to the salad.
9. The New Book of Middle Eastern Food

pita breads, bread, romaine lettuce, firm ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, green bell pepper, red onions, white onions, scallions, rocket, butch, lambs lettuce, flat leaf parsley, extra virgin olive oil, lemon, garlic, salt, ground sumac

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/21097 (may not work)