Roasted Bread Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 red peppers
• 1 red onion
• 1/2 english cucumber
• 4 ripe tomatoes
• 8 stoned black olives
• 6 slices bread (of choice, i use ciabatta)
• virgin olive oil, to coat on bread (i use an olive oil spray)
• 1/3 cup virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 garlic clove, crushed

Recipe

• 1 grill or roast the peppers until the skin is blackened and blistered.
• 2 place in a plastic bag until cool enough to handle.
• 3 peel, seed and cut into thin strips and set aside.
• 4 heat oven to 200°c/400°f degrees.
• 5 peel the onion and slice into rings.
• 6 thinly slice the cucumber.
• 7 thickly slice the tomatoes.
• 8 arrange these ingredients as well as the olives and peppers on a serving platter.
• 9 brush or spray the bread slices with the olive oil and cut into cubes and bake in the oven until golden and crisp (about 10 minutes).
• 10 combine all the dressing ingredients in a screw top jar and shake well.
• 11 sprinkle the salad with the bread cubes.
• 12 drizzle with the dressing before serving.