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Fattoush
Created by All Foods Natural, Monday, 29 October 2007
Description

This is a Tunisian salad. if you don't have it, substitute halloumi with your favorite cheese; feta cheese goes well, for instance.

Ingredients
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Cuisine
Ingredients
Difficulty
Course/Dish
Seasonal Eating
Meal Time
Serves
4
2   thick slices of bread, oven toasted and cubed  
1 tbs    lemon juice  
2   green peppers, diced  
2   large tomatoes, quartered  
3   spring onion, chopped  
1/2 cup    halloumi cheese, or feta cheese, cubed  
1/2 cup    black and green olives, stoned  
1 (8 oz)    can of tuna  
4 tbs    extra virgin olive oil  
2 cloves    garlic, crushed  
2 tsp    crushed coriander seed  
1 drop    harissa (chili sauce) or 3 drops Tabasco  
Methods/steps
1 Preheat the oven at 400° F (200° C), drizzle a little olive oil and 1 tsp lemon juice over the bread slices and toast in the oven for 10 minutes.
2 Cube the bread and sprinkle with 2 tsp lemon diluted in 2 tbsp water. Place it in a salad bowl. Add peppers, tomatoes, green onions, cheese, olives, and tuna. Season to taste and let it rest.
3 Heat the olive oil in a pan, add garlic, crushed coriander and harissa. Cook for a couple of minutes. The garlic will start to color. Add the remaining lemon juice, stir, and pour this dressing over the salad.
4 Let the flavors soak for at least an hour before serving.

Yield: 4 as light meal - 6 as an appetizer or side dish
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ready in: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 1 serving
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
The following ingredients were not linked to the ingredient database and were not included in the nutrition information:
harissa (chili sauce) or 3 drops Tabasco
 
       
Amount Per Serving      
Calories   344.20  
Calories From Fat (65%)   224.64  
    % Daily Value
Total Fat 25.21g   39%  
Saturated Fat 6.09g   30%  
Cholesterol 26.89mg   9%  
Sodium 576.88mg   24%  
Potassium 386.53mg   11%  
Carbohydrates 9.82g   3%  
Dietary Fiber 2.87g   11%  
Sugar 3.55g      
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g      
Net Carbohydrates 6.95g      
Protein 20.83g   42%  
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