• You know what salad needs? Carbs. Lots and lots of carbs. That’s where this deliciously light Italian bread salad comes in.

    Italian bread salad

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 15 mins

    Ingredients

    • ½ ciabatta, torn
    • 2 garlic cloves
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
    • 1 red pepper, seeded and sliced
    • 1 yellow pepper, seeded and sliced
    • 100g snow peas
    • 100ml black olives, pitted and chopped
    • fresh basil or rocket leaves
    • DRESSING
    • 3 anchovy fillets, crushed
    • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
    • 50ml red wine
    • 150ml olive oil

    Instructions

    1

    Rub the bread with the garlic and drizzle with the oil. Fry in a hot pan until golden.

    2

    Toss the fried bread gently together with the peppers, snow peas, olives and basil or rocket.

    3

    Combine all the dressing ingredients, pour over the salad, toss and serve.

    Notes

    To drink: Santa Alicia Malbec 2008 (Chile), meaty and herbaceous.

     

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