Ingredients
- Serve 4-6
- 120gm stale bread. (Panne Maggia Sourdough from Beano’s Bakery)
- Extra virgin olive oil (Dunford Grove)
- 1 red onion
- Salt and pepper
- Approx 20 tomatoes of various varieties works well (Kakanui Produce, sweet medley cocktail)
- Red wine vinegar (generous slug)
- I large handful fresh basil
PANZANELLA (Summer Peasant Salad)
Method
- Preheat oven to 140 degrees celsius
- Tear bread into 2cm pieces
- Massage olive oil into the bread and place on a baking tray into the oven and bake until golden, but not too crispy (about 10mins)
- Slice red onion thinly
- Cut tomatoes into bite sized wedges and place in a large bowl with the onions
- Drizzle with good quality extra virgin olive oil and a generous slug of red wine vinegar
- Season with black pepper and salt
- Tear up basil and scatter over
- Add bread and mix the salad
- Leave for 10 mins and serve