Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, panzanella. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Panzanella is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Panzanella is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Panzanella [pantsaˈnɛlla] or panmolle [pamˈmɔlle] is a Tuscan chopped salad of soaked stale bread, onions and tomatoes that is popular in the summer. It often includes cucumbers, sometimes basil and is dressed with olive oil and vinegar. It is also popular in other parts of central Italy.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have panzanella using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Panzanella:
- Get 5 slices ready-made garlic toast (about 3/4 in thick)
- Get 1 medium red bell pepper, de-seeded and chopped
- Prepare 1/2 English cucumber, de-seeded and chopped
- Take 6 baby tomatoes (I used 2 colour romanellas)
- Get 1 handful cherry tomatoes, halved
- Make ready 3 tbsp capers
- Take 1 shallot, finely chopped
- Make ready 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- Take 3 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
- Make ready Zest of 1 lemon
- Get Zest of 1 orange
- Get 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Take 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- Prepare 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp dried oregano
- Prepare 1 tsp sea salt
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp freshly cracked black pepper
- Make ready Parmesan cheese
Panzanella is an Italian bread salad. Traditional panzanella features cubes of stale bread, plenty of Panzanella Salad Recipe Variations. This salad is flexible, so make it to your liking! Panzanella is a colorful and hearty Italian salad that puts to good use juicy tomatoes and stale bread.
Steps to make Panzanella:
- Put a large nonstick pan on medium heat. Your garlic toast should already come pre-buttered, so just put it in the pan for a few minutes per side to toast it up. When they're crunchy and slightly scorched, remove them to cool.
- Put the bell pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, capers, shallot, dill, basil and lemon and orange zest in a large mixing bowl.
- Whisk together the garlic, vinegar, olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper. Pour the dressing into the bowl of veg. Cut the garlic toast into bite-sized pieces and add them as well. Toss everything together, then refrigerate 30 minutes to overnight. When serving, use a veggie peeler to top the salad with slivers of parmesan cheese.
My take on this classic is perfect to prepare ahead! Panzanella is really a way to use up crusty bread that has gotten hard and to celebrate perfect summer tomatoes. It is a cooling summertime salad that relies on the bread as the "filler" to soak up the juices. Need a side dish for a summer BBQ? Panzanella, the Italian bread and tomato salad, is a great way to use up a stale loaf.
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