Italian bread salad
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Slices, 1-inch thick Italian | |
| Style bread, crust removed | ||
| (2 days old- | ||
| Stale) | ||
| 4 | cups | Ice water |
| 5 | Ripe plum tomatoes, peeled | |
| And cut into large pieces | ||
| 1 | small | Red onion, small dice |
| 15 | Basil leaves, ripped | |
| 12 | Pitted black olives, oil | |
| Cured | ||
| 3 | tablespoons | Red wine vinegar |
| 2 | Cloves garlic, minced | |
| ⅓ | cup | Olive oil |
| Salt and fresh ground | ||
| Pepper | ||
Directions
Break bread into large pieces and soak in 4 cups ice water, about 6 to 8 minutes, gently turning over twice. Squeeze bread to remove water and break into 1-inch pieces and place in a clean bowl. To this add tomatoes, onion, basil and olives. In a small bowl combine vinegar, garlic and oil (mix well). Pour over bread mixture. Stir together all ingredients and season with salt and several grinds of black pepper. Mix well and serve. Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
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