Italian Bread And Tomato Salad
Published July 29, 1997
- Total Time
- 10 minutes
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Ingredients
½ pound coarse white bread like ciabatta
1 ½ pounds ripe local tomatoes
1 small Kirby cucumber
8 ounces red onion
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
¼ teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Preparation
- Step 1
Cut bread into ½-inch thick slices, then break up or cut up into ½-inch cubes. Place into large serving bowl.
- Step 2
Wash and trim tomatoes, and cut in quarters. Squeeze juice from tomatoes over the bread; then, dice the tomatoes in ½-inch cubes and stir into bread.
- Step 3
Scrub and trim cucumber, and slice thinly. Cut slices into match-sticks, and add to bowl.
- Step 4
Finely mince onion, and add. Drizzle oil and vinegar over ingredients, and mix well to moisten bread and meld ingredients. Season with salt and pepper.
You can make this dish a half-hour before dinner and let it sit at room temperature.
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