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Panzanella

Name: Panzanella
Prep time: 28 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g cherry tomatoes; 3 slices bread; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 shallot; Parsley; 4 tablespoons lemon; 4 tablespoons olive oil; Fine (or table) salt; Pepper

Panzanella is a recipe from the Tuscany region of Italy, originally a tomato and stale bread salad, but here's a fancier version.

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Duration

30 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 5^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 300 g cherry tomatoes
2 3 slices bread
3 3 tablespoons olive oil
4 1 shallot
5 Parsley
6 4 tablespoons lemon
7 4 tablespoons olive oil
8 Fine (or table) salt
9 Pepper
Total weight: 610 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Wash and dry 300 g cherry tomatoes, cut them in 2, and reserve.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cut 3 slices bread into small pieces.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

In a small skillet over high heat, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil and when hot add the bread.

Toast the croutons to your liking, then remove from heat.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour the croutons into a bowl, then pour over the tomatoes that you will have sprinkled with fine salt just before.

Do not mix immediately, let the juice of the tomatoes, salted, go down on the croutons.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

Meanwhile, prepare and chop 1 shallot.

Coarsely chop the parsley.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour shallot and parsley on the tomatoes, do not mix.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

In a bowl, add 4 tablespoons lemon and 4 tablespoons olive oil, salt and pepper, and mix with a fork.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour this mixture into the bowl, mix well, your panzanella is ready.

Remarks

Instead of a shallot in step 5, you can use a red onion.

Do not hesitate to use stale bread to make the croutons, it is completely in the spirit of the recipe, even if they are a little dry, they will be softened by the tomato juice.

Keeping: To be enjoyed during the day.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	35 g RDI=55 %	286 g RDI=108 %	20 g RDI=29 %	214 kcal RDI=11 %	898 kJ RDI=11 %
Per person	54 g RDI=83 %	435 g RDI=164 %	31 g RDI=44 %	326 kcal RDI=16 %	1,366 kJ RDI=16 %
Whole recipe	216 g RDI=333 %	1,743 g RDI=658 %	127 g RDI=175 %	1,305 kcal RDI=65 %	5,465 kJ RDI=65 %