Ingredients for Making Italian Panzanella

Series Summary

Have you ever found yourself with a lot of random ingredients and no idea what you can make? Panzanella is a great dish that can be created through combining almost any leftovers that you might find strewn about in your fridge. Why stop at vinegar when wine would make a good dressing? Why stop at bacon bits when eggs are useful as well?

Panzanella is an Italian dish that originated in Tuscany. It contains many different ingredients and different combinations of those ingredients. This being the case it is also referred to as 'the leftover salad.' This is because almost anything is fair game as an ingredient in it. It is very popular in the summer months and is considered a bread salad. It consists of everything from tomatoes, basil and olive oil to vinegar, wine and eggs. So lets get to it!

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Lori Schneider with Figs Catering in Austin, TX today I'm going to show you how to make Italian Panzanella bread salad. To do this we need several ingredients first off you'll need Italian parsley, fresh basil, about 4 lemons, 1 red pepper, a cucumber, fresh garlic, cherry tomatoes, fresh feda, dejon mustard, extra virgin olive oil, Karamara olives, and of course sour dough bread. The equipment you're going to need are some mixing bowls, a whisk, if you have one a lemon presser, a baggie, a bread knife, microplane, and a sheet pan."