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Tuscan basil and garlic panzanella

A traditional bread salad from central Italy – the perfect partner for barbecued fish

A traditional bread salad from central Italy – the perfect partner for barbecued fish

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Cooking Time

Cook: 25 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: 85p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 255g serving contains

Energy
801kj
191kcal
10%
Fat
2.3g
Low
3%
Saturates
0.0g
Low
0%
Sugars
7.1g
Low
8%
Salt
0.59g
Low
10%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
314kj/75kcal

Ingredients

½ Extra Special Sourdough Basket Boule, torn into bite-sized pieces

2tsp thyme leaves

Zest 1 lemon

1tsp balsamic glaze

1tsp rapeseed oil

½ clove garlic, crushed

2tbsp torn basil, plus extra leaves to garnish

12 mixed baby plum tomatoes, halved

4 Grower’s Selection Firm & Juicy Salad Tomatoes, cut into quarters

½ red onion, sliced and soaked in cold water for 10 mins

1 fennel bulb, trimmed and finely sliced

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 2.
2
Put the bread on a baking tray and sprinkle over the thyme. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 mins until crisp. Remove from the oven and sprinkle over the lemon zest.
3
In a large bowl, mix the baked bread with the remaining ingredients until well combined. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle over the extra basil leaves.

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