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Bella’s Panzanella Salad

One of the best salads to make with fresh tomatoes and basil from your garden. This is Bella’s version adding some mozzarella balls. A nice hearty salad for lunch or dinner.

  • Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

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1 Loaf very crusty stale bread

1 English cucumber peeled, cut in half and sliced

6 Campari tomatoes cut in wedges

1/2 Red onion sliced very thinly

Fresh basil leaves

Small mozzarella balls – Bel Gioioso Ciliegine

Good quality extra virgin olive oil

Champagne or red wine vinegar

Sea salt & pepper

Instructions

You can prepare this salad in a large salad bowl or individual bowls. Place the dry and stale bread in a bowl. Have a glass or bowl of water available, using your finger tips sprinkle some water onto the bread cubes. Typically in Tuscan the bread would be very stale and this process will soften it just a bit. Start adding the rest of your ingredients, the tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, tear the basil leaves (not real small, because you want to see the color and get a pop of flavor) and sprinkle around and mozzarella balls. Drizzle the salad with vinegar, then drizzle with olive oil, next season with salt and pepper. 

Its best to let the salad sit for 15 or 30 minutes before serving to let the bread soften a bit and to give the salad nice flavor.

Notes

This salad is great served with a grilled chicken breast or even grilled shrimp.

  • Author: Chef Shelly
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Category: Salad
  • Cuisine: Italian