Panzanella

Great for kids
By River Cafe

Ingredients

  • Fresh tomatoes
  • Black peppercorns
  • Olive oil
  • Red wine vinegar
  • 1 day old bread, preferably Ciabatta, broken into pieces
  • Red and yellow peppers, cut into strips
  • Fresh red chilli, finely chopped
  • Salted capers
  • Salted anchovies
  • Black olives, stoned
  • Basil leaves
  • Extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  1. Skin, halve and seed the tomatoes, retaining the juice and cut into petals.
  2. Make a dressing by seasoning the tomato juice with black pepper, then add olive oil and red wine vinegar.
  3. To assemble: soak the bread in the dressing for a few minutes and throw in red and yellow peppers, chopped chilli, tomato petals, capers, anchovies, olives, torn basil leaves and a good slug of extra virgin olive oil.

Leave out the anchovies to create a fantastic vegetarian dish.

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