Pepper salad with granary croutons

Pepper salad with granary croutons
Average rating: 3 out of 5 star rating

This delicious salad captures all the wonderful flavours of the Mediterranean. Ripe tomatoes are essential as their tangy juices form the basis of the dressing

  • Serves: 2

  • Prep time: 20 mins

  • Cooking time: 3-5 mins

Ingredients

Use roasted peppers from the deli counter, or those packed in cartons. If they're packed in olive oil, use that instead of the extra virgin oil.

  • 150g (5oz) granary bread
  • 3tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 225g (8oz) very ripe small plum tomatoes
  • 1tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1small garlic clove, crushed
  • 125g (4½ oz) roasted mixed peppers
  • 8 pitted black olives, halved
  • 4 anchovy fillets, halved lengthways

Method

  1. Tear the bread into small bite sized pieces and drizzle with 1 tbsp of the oil. Cook under a moderate grill for about 3-5 mins until starting to crisp.
  2. Put the tomatoes in a bowl, cover with boiling water and leave to stand for
  3. up to 2 mins or until the skins start to split.
  4. Skin and halve the tomatoes and scoop the seeds and pulp into a sieve set over a bowl. Use a spoon to press as much juice as possible into the bowl. Add the remaining oil, vinegar and garlic to the juice, and season lightly.
  5. Toss the tomatoes, croutons, peppers, olives and anchovies together in a salad bowl. Pour over the tomato dressing and leave for 10 minutes before serving.

Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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