Spring green fattoush

Spring green fattoush

Savour all the flavours of spring in every bite with this elegant, seasonal salad

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6-8 as a starter or side

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. First get all the ingredients ready. Bring a pan of water to the boil, add the beans and boil for 2-3 mins until just tender. Drain, rinse with cold water to cool, then drain again. Pod the beans from their skins into a large mixing bowl, discard the skins. Halve cucumber lengthways, scrap out the seeds using a teaspoon, then slice into half-moons and throw in with the beans. Split the pittas so you have 6 thin circles of bread, then toast.
  2. Whisk together lemon zest, juice, olive oil and sugar with plenty of seasoning. Pour over the beans and cucumber, add all the herbs and toss together. Tear the toasted pitta into pieces and add this to the salad with the crumbled feta. Toss together very gently - hands are best - then pile onto a platter to serve.

Per serving

264 kcalories, protein 13.0g, carbohydrate 22.0g, fat 15.0 g, saturated fat 5.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 4.0g, salt 1.12 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2010.

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  • 21 April 2010

    Joanne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fresh and crisp - lovely!

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  • 22 April 2010

    thynk2much rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really delicious and fresh, we loved this and it was great the next day as well.

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  • 28 April 2010

    Love old recipe commented on this recipe

    Hi, I'm wondering from where did you get the recipe name, it's Syrian recipe and the ingredients are quite different. it's contain: roasted flat bread, parsley, Purslane, lettuce, fresh mint, tomato, spring onion, cucumber, green paper, red paper, radish, sumac. The souse: vinegar, lemon juice, olive oil, dried mint, salt, garlic, onion. If anybody needs the quite quantities just let me know.

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  • 29 April 2010

    globaholic rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious although I used a bag of frozen soya beans as I couldn't be bother to pod the broad beans!

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  • 30 April 2010

    elwood Food rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely flavours. We had it with falafel, couscous, flatbreads and another green salad. I left the feta out cuz I'm vegan, and instead of using toasted pitta I dipped it in a lemon juice and olive oil vinaigrette and baked the pieces in the oven to make kind of pitta croutons. Skinning the broad beans is a faff, but worth it, I think. You just have to allow plenty of time.

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  • 02 May 2010

    goodeats commented on this recipe

    love old recipe, Please do share your recipe, I would love to try it.

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    23 May 2010

    Emz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic summer salad. It has replaced the Greek salad as our favourite, we can't get enough of it!!

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  • 12 July 2010

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    A very tasty salad, although I am not sure I cooked the broad beans long enough as they were a little bit crunchy!!

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  • 12 July 2010

    Elizabeth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious - perfect main meal salad.

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  • 13 December 2010

    Melzo3 rated this recipe

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  • 26 March 2011

    Jacqui rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great salad used endame and cress instead of broad bean and mint as I had neither and still surprisingly tasty! Great for packed lunch and making you feel self righteously healthy. So easy

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  • 30 May 2011

    Beth rated this recipe

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  • 03 August 2011

    profilea2 commented on this recipe

    I just couldn't get my head round the whole broad bean obsession TV chefs seem to have until I read somewhere that you should double pod them ie removing the tough greyish skin. So i gave it a go and low and behold underneath that bitter skin in a glorious emerald bean that is sweet and tender. A bit of hassle peeeling a bag of broad beans but quite therapeutic and delicious in this recipe.

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  • 14 August 2011

    Clarebrace rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is a lovely salad, although I did modify it a bit. I used peas instead of broad beans and changed the cheese to either Wensleydale or Lancashire. I also made a yogurty mint dressing as well. I have made this twice now, and the second time I added chicken and salami to it. Me and my hubby both love this and regard it as a NOM salad, because you can't help making that sound when you eat it

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  • 25 January 2012

    hibhib commented on this recipe

    I dont know how that one taste, but the original fattoush in middle eastern cuisine especially lebanese, do it in a completely different way. They chop lettuce, cucumber, tomato, parsley, lambs lettuce, raddish, spring onion, mint, sweet pepper of your choice. Then the dressing differs: 1. mashed garlic + lemon juice + vinegar + olive oil + salt + sumac. 2. mashed garlic + lemon juice + olive oil + salt + pomegrante molasses. both taste nice but i prefer dressing 2...

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  • 25 January 2012

    hibhib commented on this recipe

    Oooops sorry i forgot to also include Toasted or fried flat bread

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  • 12 August 2012

    LawyerLaura rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I know that many have commented that it is not authentic,but put that aside and it is a lovely salad. We have it all the time. Great at a BBQ. Great with kofte.

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  • 17 September 2012

    Goose11277 commented on this recipe

    Delicious starter. Very fresh.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6-8 as a starter or side

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 500g broad beans , frozen or fresh
  • 1 cucumber
  • 3 wholemeal pitta breads
  • zest and juice 1 lemon
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 20g bunch mint , smaller leaves picked, rest very roughly chopped
  • 20g bunch flat-leaf parsley , very roughly chopped
  • small bunch chives , snipped
  • 170g feta cheese , crumbled
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Per serving

264 kcalories, protein 13.0g, carbohydrate 22.0g, fat 15.0 g, saturated fat 5.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 4.0g, salt 1.12 g

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