Fatoush salad

This dish has been inspired by Mediterranean and Middle Eastern ingredients from Belazu. Belazu source high quality ingredients from over the Mediterranean, now supplying the majority of the top restaurants in the UK. Like most chefs, they believe that the “ingredient is king” – and that a chef can only ever be as good as his ingredients.

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Ingredients

Serves 4.

2 little gem lettuce, shredded
2 plum tomatoes, diced
½ red onion, sliced
½ cucumber, diced
1 lemon, juice and zest
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tsp red wine vinegar
Small handful of mint, roughly chopped
Small handful of parsley, roughly chopped
Drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar
4 pitta bread
Drizzle of olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Adults need around 2000Kcal/8400kJ a day
Typical values per portion: Energy 163Kcal/681kJ

Method
  1. Cut the pita into 2cm pieces and toast at 160 degrees for 7 minutes until golden brown.

  2. Mix the olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, lemon zest and juice together with salt and pepper to
    taste.

  3. Mix everything together to ensure everything is well coated with the dressing.