serves 6 – as a side
1 red pepper
150g stale bread, torn into chunks, toasted
8 medium ripe tomatoes, quartered
1 small cucumber – deseeded and sliced
1 small red onion, finely sliced
handful of basil leaves, torn
1 tbl capers
60ml red wine vinegar
60ml olive oil
salt, pepper
skin the pepper -(burn the skin over a flame, and put in a plastic bag to cool – the skin will slide off) – dice and add to a bowl with the other ingredients.
mix the dressing and add to the salad – you might not need all of the dressing depending on how juicy the tomatoes are. turn and mix so that the bread soaks up much of the juice.
Taste and season. Allow it to stand for about 20 minutes before serving – let all those flavours mingle.