Video: How to Make Fattoush

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Stuck with leftover pita bread and not enough falafel to fill it with? Instead of grinding it up for bread crumbs, make fattoush, a bright, traditional Middle Eastern salad. With its signature ingredient of day-old pita, this vibrant recipe from JBF Award winner Ana Sortun is the perfect meal for a warm summer night. Rounded out with diced golden beets, escarole, a smattering of chopped herbs, and topped off with a sprinkle of sumac, it's filled with complex flavors. In the step-by-step video below, special projects manager Anna Mowry demonstrates how to whip up this bright, satisfying dish at home.

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Hilary Deutsch is editorial assistant at the James Beard Foundation. Find her on Instagram.