Bread Salad....Panzanella

Name: Bread Salad....Panzanella
Ingredients: 5 Cups 1 inch thick bread cubes preferably homemade*; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1/2 cup red wine vinegar; 1/2 cup parmesan cheese; Lots of garlic sliced (at least 4 cloves); 1 lg. red onion thinly sliced; Kalamata olives about a cup or more; Fresh Basil chopped about a cup; Best tomatoes-heirloom or fresh grown about3 cups of more chopped in good bit size pieces.; salt & pepper to taste

10 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

5 Cups 1 inch thick bread cubes preferably homemade*
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
Lots of garlic sliced (at least 4 cloves)
1 lg. red onion thinly sliced
Kalamata olives about a cup or more
Fresh Basil chopped about a cup
Best tomatoes-heirloom or fresh grown about3 cups of more chopped in good bit size pieces.
salt & pepper to taste

Directions

1

Mix all ingredients together except for the bread. Just before serving add in the bread and to toss to absorb the liquids, salt & peeper and serve.
2

* bread cubes should be toasted. coat pieces with a little olive oil and spread out on a cookie sheet and toast in 400 degree oven until golden brown, when cool add to salad.