We finish the week with a fresh and light recipe; a salad of Italian origin known as Panzanella. Analyzing its name, it is easy to deduce which is one of its main ingredients. Do you have it? As you may have guessed, among its ingredients is bread as it corresponds to a dish of humble origin.
The panzanella, was originally made with stale bread, garlic, onions and oil. To these ingredients, others are now added to shape different versions of this typical salad from the Tuscany region. Today we have added capers to the list and we have used pesto in the dressing. Do you test it?
Panzanella, a salad of Italian origin
Panzanella is a salad of Italian origin whose main ingredients are stale bread, garlic, onions and oil. It is very easy to prepare it, we will show you!
Author María
Kitchen: Italian
Recipe type: Salads
Rations: 3
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Ingredients
- 150 g. rustic stale bread
- 1 red onion in julienne
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- 1 ripe tomato
- 1 tablespoon capers
- Chopped fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon pesto
- 1 tablespoon of white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon crushed chili (optional)
- Sal Island
- Black pepper
Preparation
- We cut into slices thick and later diced.
- We place the bread in a bowl and we mix with the onion, chopped tomato, cherry tomatoes cut in half, capers and basil.
- In a bowl, combine the pesto, vinegar, olive oil and chili, if used. Season and mix good.
- We drizzle over the salad and mix so that the pieces of bread are well soaked.
- We serve.
Nutritional information per serving
Calories: 270