Ingredients
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1 kg Stale bread
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4/5 Tomatoes
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1/2 Red Onion
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2/3 Cucumber
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Lettuce
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500 gr. Canned tuna
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Basil
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Salt
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Directions
Panzanella recipe is a great way to use up stale bread and tomatoes and it makes a delicious summer dish for everyone.
As from all the old recipes, the ingredients used were often leftover ingredients. In fact in ancient time people were poor and they didn’t have money to buy every day new products.
Over the years this simple dish has been revisited and you can find it with different vegetables and components inside. This is my recipe, the one that comes from my aunt Nara’s cookbook.
The ingredients given are in general, you can use more or less of them at your taste.
Steps
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1
Done
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Soak the onionCut the onion in thin slices (if you have a meat slicer it is great!) and soak them in a bowl with water and vinegar inside (3/4 water 1/4 vinegar). |
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2
Done
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Soak the breadYou have to use a 4/5 days stale bread. Cut it in cubes and soak it in water for about 10/15 minutes. |
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3
Done
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Prepare the other ingredientsCut the tomatoes leaving out all the seeds and let the water goes out by draining them in a strainer. |
