Lebanese cuisine stands for freshness, variety and flavour - and fattoush embodies this in its most beautiful form. The traditional bread salad from Lebanon is a real star of oriental cuisine: it combines crispy flatbread, colourful, crunchy vegetables, fresh herbs such as mint and parsley and a lemony, spicy dressing with pomegranate syrup, which gives the whole thing a wonderfully fruity note.
Fattoush is not only incredibly flavourful, but also light, healthy and vegan - ideal as a summer dish, side dish or refreshing starter. The combination of different textures is particularly typical of this Lebanese salad: crispy, fresh, juicy and flavoursome. A few simple ingredients are turned into a real flavour experience that immediately makes you want to travel to the Middle East.
Try this recipe and savour the fresh diversity of the Orient - fattoush is pure Lebanese indulgence!
First cut the flatbread into bite-sized pieces and toast in a pan with a little olive oil until golden brown or bake in the oven at 180 °C until crispy.
Wash the lettuce and tear into bite-sized pieces. Wash and chop the tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, spring onions and radishes. Wash the herbs, shake dry and roughly chop.
For the dressing, mix the olive oil, lemon juice, pomegranate syrup, garlic, salt and pepper well.
Now place the salad in a large bowl, mix with the dressing and leave to marinate briefly. Top with pieces of toasted flatbread and sprinkle with sumac and zatar - and enjoy!