Don’t throw away that stale bread! 🥖🍅 Episode 8 of our Italian Summer Salad series brings you the ultimate solution: Panzanella Salad, a rustic Tuscan bread salad that’s famously known for turning humble ingredients into a bowl of pure summer magic. It’s a beloved no-cook Italian recipe designed to be incredibly flavorful and refreshingly light.
With ripe, juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, sharp red onion, aromatic fresh basil, and a generous drizzle of golden extra virgin olive oil, this traditional dish proves that simplicity truly shines. It’s quick, easy, and tastes like a holiday in Tuscany!
Here’s your simple guide to authentic Italian Panzanella:
🥗 What You’ll Need:
350g stale, crusty bread
220g ripe tomatoes
200g cucumbers
90g red onions
Fresh basil
250g water
60g white wine vinegar
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt & black pepper
🥄 Quick Instructions:
Cube your stale bread, then soak it briefly in a mix of water and white wine vinegar.
While bread soaks, chop tomatoes, thinly slice peeled cucumber, and finely slice red onion.
Combine soaked bread with onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
Tear in fresh basil. Season with salt, pepper, and plenty of olive oil.
Mix well and chill before serving for best flavor!
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Episode eight of our Italian summer salad series is here and she’s iconic. Panzanella is what happens when Italians decide stay old bread is not trash, it’s treasure. Tossed with juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumber, red onion, basil, and the good olive oil, the salad proves that the best things in life are simple, rustic, and salt in flavor.
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