Lebanese Peasant Salad
Our Lebanese kitchen carries many jewels, and Fattoush salad is one of them. What distinguishes Fattoush are 2 main aspects: the number of greens and vegetables it carries, and the complex rich flavor that the pomegranate molasses and/or sumac spice engulf it with. Fatoush salad is the official Lebanese villager salad, where people traditionally throw in whatever spring/summer harvest they have. For this reason, you may find “typical” ingredients for Fattoush that are common in most recipes, and some distinguishing ingredients that may vary based on what village it represents. It is also commonly known as Lebanese Peasant Salad.
Lebanese Fattoush Salad Recipe
Lebanese Fattoush Salad Recipe
In this recipe, we’re going to feature what a typical Fattoush salad is to peasants/villagers in the Kadisha canyon of North Lebanon. The Fattoush Salad Recipe can be made with a different combinations of ingredients as long as it has a sweet tangy taste. Folks achieve this tartness with lemon juice, Sumac spice and/or Pomegranate molasses.
In our recipe, we’re going to use all three ingredients in order to get a really rich and complex sweet and tangy taste.
Finally, folks in our mountains enjoy eating the Fattoush salad (Lebanese Peasant Salad) with bare fingers. They excuse themselves and say that it tastes much better with hands. And they’re true, try it out 🙂