DISH RESEARCH · Salad
Fattoush
Also known as: فتوش
Suzy Karadsheh describes her fattoush as the classic bread salad found in Middle Eastern restaurants.
About Fattoush
Suzy Karadsheh describes her fattoush as the classic bread salad found in Middle Eastern restaurants. This rendition combines crisp fried pita with romaine, cucumber, tomato, green onion, radish and fresh parsley.
A lemon and olive-oil dressing carries sumac, cinnamon and allspice. Fresh mint and pomegranate molasses are optional additions, bringing their own herbal and sweet-tart notes.
The chopped vegetables are tossed with dressing before the pita pieces join the bowl. The result places the seasoned bread among the fresh vegetables, with additional sumac offered to adjust the salad's tart flavour.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Fattoush
Suzy Karadsheh's classic restaurant-style fattoush.
- Pita breadBaseIngredient page not linked
- Extra-virgin olive oilCooking medium
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- SumacSeasoning
- Romaine lettuceBase
- English cucumberBase
- Roma tomatoesBase
- Green onionsAromatic
- RadishesBase
- Fresh parsleyAromatic
- Fresh mintAromatic · Optional
- Lemon juiceLiquid
- Pomegranate molassesSeasoning · Optional
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Ground cinnamonSeasoning
- Ground allspiceSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Pita bread: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Ordinary pita85 confirms Wheat, full prepared bread recipe unknown.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Extra-virgin olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pita106 and dressing98 allocations consolidated.
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sumac: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pita and dressing allocations consolidated, full product formula unknown.
- Romaine lettuce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- English cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader cucumber candidate for exact English variety.
- Roma tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Radishes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh mint (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit95 optional despite intro42 recommendation.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Original97 lemon selected over lime.
- Pomegranate molasses (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual99 optional full syrup formula unknown.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pita106 and dressing101 consolidated.
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground allspice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Lebanon association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Levantine Cuisine
- Syrian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Syrian Coastal CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Lebanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Jordanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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