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In one of your video you recommended Harvest Peace olive oil. Apparently it's sold out. If you have another good suggestion I will be happy to know. I like the oil to be as if it's fresh from the tree. Raw taste....Thank you.....david zaig
As a German-American married into a fully Lebanese family (with a mother-in-law who struggles to share recipes with) I LOVE and appreciate ALL your videos of the Middle East region favorites. My husband thanks you too! Easy to follow, great explanation of processes - you have made Lebanese cooking feasible! TY!
Thank you for the recipe. It looks delicious!! I am from Mexico but work with Arabic people. Yesterday, I tried this salad when celebrating Easter with them and I loved it!!! I'll definitely give it a try!
One of our favorite meals, especially in the summertime. One thing that I do is to seperate the khoobz, before they go stale, and coat them with a zahtar and olive oil mixture before toasting them in the oven. Makes a great snack with labne and tomatoes...and croutons for Farroush when broken. Thank you for another amazing video.
Thank you for sharing this video tutorial, I add to my collection list of recipes. Specially today is Ramadan here in saudi Arabia, it's worth it for me.
I'm an old fat guy for whom 'healthy' recipes are an anathema. I use almost the exact same ingredients for my fattoush, but the pita pieces I use have been set under a chicken in a roasting pan. With onions and garlic cloves in there, by the time my chicken is done, I have pitas. onions. and garlic all cooked in chicken fat (read: unhealthy, saturated fat). I know it's a heart attack on a plate, but damn, it tastes so good!
Hey chicken fat is where it's at! Better than processed oils that's for sure. Since you are a chicken fat fan too, I have another great recipe where the chicken is baked on the bread, so the bread absorbs all the pan juices: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A10YfnB0YeQ.html
I had this at a moroccan and Lebanese restaurant. I can say I love this over a greek salad any day. Love having feta cheese instead of chicken with this salad
I am learning to be a home cook thank you for your wonderful videos and blog. I enjoy your excellent teaching manner. You entertain and educate and help me learn entire new recipes.
My absolute favorite, I just add something grill so I can get the protein as well and it's perfectly healthy, delicious and colorful diet. Thanks for the recipe... I will give it a try at home but I thought that pomegranate is also one of the ingredient in Fattoush, isn't?
Yes I forgot to add it on video, it is totally optional though. It does add a bit of sweetness, but not entirely necessary. If you have it, try adding a tablespoon first to see if you like it. ;)
I just adore all your recipes, I’m from uk, & just love all Mediterranean & Middle Eastern recipes, thank you for sharing, so quick to put together so tasty 😋 just beautiful wholesome food. Thank you also for putting me onto sumac I just adore it...!!! A very big thumbs up 👍 from me, Please keep the recipes coming have tried & tested most of them time & time again God bless you Blanch 💖💖💖😘😘
This is a nice video recipe. However, my parents always used lettuce in this recipe. The lettuce gives the salad a full-bodied taste along with the other ingredients you mentioned.. We also used lots of real lemon juice and plump calamata (zatoon) olives..
Actually this dish is originally from southern lebanon and should also have chopped romaine lettuce in it along with mâche ( dunno how it's called in english) and the seasoning needs pomegranate molases.
+xCUBITUSx There are many variations of fattoush, (the region I ate it from had no lettuce but you can always add it) and this dish is enjoyed equally among Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians, and Jordanians :)
Finally, I can stop bugging my Boss' cook to prepare fattoush for me every now and then. You have helped me learn how to make mine. However, over here, they add beetroot but I realized you did not. Also he adds a little bit of black pepper to the salad dressing.
Hello, this is lovely! I have always had mine with spinach and red kidney beans(peas), but as you said it is good to use the veggies in season, so I like the versatility of your recipe, thank you...
Please notice the lack of use of vinegar in Middle Eastern cooking. I think that's great! What better way to get the best taste out of all the ingredients you're using?
Yes, we don't really use vinegar! For salads generally we use olive oil, lemon juice, pomeganate molasses, and season with sumac or even za'atar which all have the zesty properties of vinegar.
this is one of our favorite salads! I usually mix a little local honey in with the lemon juice and watch my kids fight over the last bits at the bottom of the bowl.
My family came from the middle east and Fatoush was one of our favorite salads. However, your video eliminated one fine ingredient. Lemons. Why wasn't this added to the dressing?
excellent fattoush ,the commentary made it much longer, it could've been without or very little commentary , u r nice. u look nice. amayzing house. and wow u r arab
Thank you for your interest! My editor is out of country, as soon as he gets back I will have another one--if you subscribed to my channel you will get them as soon as I make them. Hugs--Blanche
Sumac has a lemony flavor, you can add it to anything that you would like to add a tart flavor and pretty color. I use sumac for chicken, fish, salads, and even sprinkle on hummus :)
