Gino D’Acampo Panzanella salad with red onions and stale bread recipe on Let’s Do Lunch

Gino D’Acampo makes panzanella salad with red onions and stale bread on Let’s Do Lunch.

The ingredients are: 1 thick slice of leftover / stale country-style loaf of bread, cut into 2cm cubes, A couple of sun-dried tomatoes, roughly chopped, A few artichoke hearts in oil, drained and roughly chopped, 1 tbsp capers, 2 ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped, 1⁄4 red onion, peeled and finely sliced, 1 celery sticks, finely chopped, A few roasted peppers from a jar, drained from their oil, 10 fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped, A few parmesan shavings, 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, 1 tablespoons white wine vinegar and Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.

To prepare the salad, whisk together the oil and vinegar with a splash of water. Season with salt and pepper.

Dry fry the cubed bread in a hot frying pan and lightly toast.

Add in the sun-dried tomatoes, artichokes, tomatoes, capers, pepper, onion, celery, basil, parmesan and toasted bread into the dressing and gently mix until all the ingredients are combined.

Leave to stand for a minute or two before serving.