Fatush

Fatush, al-Fatush, or Fetush, is a salad from the Middle East. Thanks to the availability of useful components, recently the dish is becoming more popular in Europe and America. A variety of variations of fetush salad in Middle Eastern cuisine is usually served with fried lamb, but the dish is perfectly combined with other types of meat and sea fish.

We offer you a traditional recipe for lettuce.

Ingredients:

• lemon juice - 100 ml;
• olive oil - 100 ml;
• brynza - 250 g;
• garlic - 3 to 4 cloves;
• cucumbers - 2 pieces;
• tomatoes - 5 pcs .;
• sweet pepper - 1 piece;
• green onions - about 10 feathers;
• lettuce - 2 heads;
• parsley - 50 g;
• fresh mint - 2 branches;
• sumac - 1 teaspoon;
• capers - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• black olives (black pitted) - 12 pcs .;
• ground pepper and salt;
• lavash or pita - 1 pc.

Preparation

We begin with the preparation of refueling. Grind garlic, mix olive oil, lemon juice, chopped garlic, salt and pepper, whisking the mixture thoroughly with a blender or whisk.

Fry the sliced ​​small pieces of lavash in vegetable oil to make it ruddy and crunchy. Be sure to let lavash cool.

We cut small cubes of tomatoes, cucumbers and cheese (however, you can crumble the brinza). We cut pepper, parsley, onions, mint, capers and olives. Lettuce tear quite finely. Stir all the vegetables and spices, add the dressing and pieces of pita bread in a salad. Deliciously tasty salad is ready!

Fatush salad with tuna

Lettuce salad will be very tasty with tuna. We take 4 pieces of fresh fish (weight of each slice 125 - 150 g), spread on the grill grate, sprinkle with freshly ground pepper. Tuna is fried on the grill for 3 minutes on one side, then turn over and cook for another 3 minutes. We serve the facade with chilled noble fish, which, with its texture, resembles a high-quality meat.

If you do not have in stock pita, or pita, you can use white bread, baguette or unsweetened loaf. If he is a bit stale - even better! Fry the diced bread in vegetable oil until golden in color. Brynza is a perfect substitute for brine cheese (for example, feta). In some variations of the salad recipe, the fattish of brynza or cheese is not put at all. If desired, you can add radish to the set of vegetables that make up the salad.

We hope that you will like a refreshing lettuce salad, it goes well with a rack of lamb and lamb ragout .