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Panzanella Salad

A light summer meal in a bowl: Tuscan salad that works magic with soft tomatoes and stale bread: cut ripe tomatoes into cubes, toast a pretzel bun, or ciabatta. Add red onions, black olives, capers, vegan mozzarella slices, basil, and rocket.
Mix well with a dressing based on the tomato juice. Let rest for half an hour to absorb flavors and devour 😋❣
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Servings: 3
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
 
 

  • ½ kg ripe tomatoes, diced You can use a mix of colors
  • 1 teaspoon Coarse salt
  • ½ red onion, finely sliced
  • ¼ cup  packed basil leaves, or rocket, roughly chopped or a mix of both
  • 30-50 gram vegan mozzarella balls, Thinly sliced by taste
  • 5-10 black olives, Tassos or Kalamata pitted and halved
  • 1 Tablespoon capers, chopped
Toasted Bread
  • 170 gram Pretzel bun or ciabatta cut into 2-4 cm (1-2 inches) cubes fresh or stale bread
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
Dressing
  • tomato juice accumulated in the ball
  • 4-5 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large clove of garlic, minced
  • ½ Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • black pepper, coarse salt by taste

Method
 

Tomatoes
  1. Put chopped tomatoes in a strainer placed over a bowl, and add a teaspoon of coarse salt; Mix well with your hands.
  2. Set aside at room temperature to drain for at least 15 minutes. Meanwhile, make the toasted bread cubes.
  3. After 15 minutes, lightly squeeze the tomatoes to extract more juice. Remove the tomatoes from the colander and place them in a deep salad bowl. (do not discard the juice left in the bowl - we will use it to make the dressing)
Toasted Bread
  1. Heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius - 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Put the bread cubes in a bowl, add olive oil and garlic powder, and mix well. Transfer the bread to a flat baking tray. Bake in the center of the oven for a few minutes, until the pieces of bread are firm but not browned, remove from the oven and cool. If using a Ninja Grill, toast the bread for only 2-3 minutes.
Dressing
  1. Add olive oil, apple cider vinegar, minced garlic, mustard, salt, and black pepper to the bowl with the tomato juice and mix well.
Assembling The Salad
  1. Add toasted bread, red onion, capers, black olives, mozzarella slices, basil, and rocket to the bowl with the tomatoes. Add the dressing and mix well. Cover the bowl and let the salad rest for 30 minutes before serving to absorb the flavors, stirring occasionally.

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