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italian tomato and bread salad

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Patricia Kutchins
Lake Zurich, IL

The old Italian recipes are the best! This one I remember my grandma making for us kids. At the time, we thought it was too ethnic to eat. Today, it is being made everywhere and is absolutely as delicious as I remember it to be.

(1 rating)
yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min

Ingredients For italian tomato and bread salad

  • 6
    roma tomatoes
  • 2
    onions
  • 2 Tbsp
    salt
  • 1/4-1/2 c
    olive oil
  • 1/4 c
    water
  • 2 tsp
    granulated garlic
  • 3 slice
    ciabatta bread toasted (or day old bread works well)
  • 1 tsp
    chopped fresh or dried basil

How To Make italian tomato and bread salad

  • 1
    Cut up the tomatoes into wedges.
  • 2
    Cut the onion into diagonal slices
  • 3
    Add salt and mix together
  • 4
    Use ¼ cup olive oil drizzled over the tomato mixture (add more if needed to moisten bread)
  • 5
    Pour in ¼ c water
  • 6
    Cut the ciabatta bread into chunk pieces and put in the salad
  • 7
    Add the garlic and basil and mix well.
  • 8
    Mix it all together until bread is soft and saturated with the olive oil mixture.
  • 9
    Let the flavors marinate in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes before serving.

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