Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, panzanella. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have panzanella using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Panzanella:
- Prepare 5 slices ready-made garlic toast (about 3/4 in thick)
- Take 1 medium red bell pepper, de-seeded and chopped
- Get 1/2 English cucumber, de-seeded and chopped
- Take 6 baby tomatoes (I used 2 colour romanellas)
- Take 1 handful cherry tomatoes, halved
- Prepare 3 tbsp capers
- Make ready 1 shallot, finely chopped
- Get 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- Get 3 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
- Take Zest of 1 lemon
- Take Zest of 1 orange
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- Take 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp dried oregano
- Prepare 1 tsp sea salt
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp freshly cracked black pepper
- Take Parmesan cheese
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Steps to make Panzanella:
- Put a large nonstick pan on medium heat. Your garlic toast should already come pre-buttered, so just put it in the pan for a few minutes per side to toast it up. When they're crunchy and slightly scorched, remove them to cool.
- Put the bell pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, capers, shallot, dill, basil and lemon and orange zest in a large mixing bowl.
- Whisk together the garlic, vinegar, olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper. Pour the dressing into the bowl of veg. Cut the garlic toast into bite-sized pieces and add them as well. Toss everything together, then refrigerate 30 minutes to overnight. When serving, use a veggie peeler to top the salad with slivers of parmesan cheese.
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