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Friday, October 21, 2011

Salad with croutons

300g ciabatta
1 tablespoon butter
1 clove garlic
1 cucumber
1 red onion
1 red chilli
10 pitted black olives
2 tomatoes
150g mozzarella
10 basil leaves

Dressing:
4 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon orange juice
sugar

Cut ciabatta into 1cm cubes and fry in butter with the garlic clove until golden and crunchy. Discard garlic and set croutons aside.

Slice cucumber lengthwise, remove seeds, and slice crosswise into 1cm strips. Slice onion into half rings. Remove seeds from chilli and slice finely. Cut olives into rings. Mix all together with croutons. Add dressing.

Slice tomatoes and mozzarella. Stack salad, a mozzarella slice, salad, a tomato slice, basil leaf and salad into a tower (6-8 cm tall). Decorate with a basil leaf and serve.