Serves 4
A Panzanella is just a salad made with cut up leftover bread - but not crunchy like a crouton. Here they soak up the dressing and become little bread pillows of amazing deliciousness. Did I just write that stupid line?
Ingredients
- 1/2 day old baguette, cut into 1 inch chunks
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 medium ripe vine tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1/2 red onion, sliced thin
- 1/2 cup crumbled Feta cheese
- 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives, cut in half
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled and sliced into half rounds
- Salt & pepper to taste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 300
- Place bread chunks onto a baking sheet and bake until kind of crispy (but not as hard as croutons, maybe 15 minutes)
- Mix olive oil, oregano, red wine vinegar and sugar and set aside
- Put the veggies, cheese and bread chunks in a large bowl and toss with dressing
- Let sit about 15 minutes before serving