Easy Panzanella | TOMATO & BREAD SALAD | Kitchen on the Cliff with Giovanna Bellia LaMarca

This rustic summer salad breathes new life into leftover bread and elevates the vibrant flavors of juicy tomatoes, refreshing cucumbers, and sweet onions. Buon appetito!
Ingredients:
Bread: fresh or stale! I used Ciabatta
3 or 4 ripe tomatoes
1/2 to 1 sweet onion such as Vidalia
1 large or 2 small cucumbers
1/4 cup or more of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt to taste
Basil to garnish
Notes: Personally, I omit vinegar as tomatoes are already rather acidic. You may add vinegar if you would like it to be tangier.
Filming and Video Editing by Francesca Sacco
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[@TonyChien-p9x]

Dear Giovanna, I am compelled to write this congratulatory note. You have made cooking into such a creative activity that we all could do, enjoy, share; it is the simplicity and down to earth approach and don"t throw anything away that impress me greatly. You are very fortunate to have your charming grand daughter's IT assistance, in return, you have so much to give and being such an admirable grand mother, congratulations! Thank you from someone who enjoys cooking, sharing meals with family and friends. Greetings from Perth, Western Australia.

[@salwasalwa2080]

Elle n'a pas répondu ni réagit à votre joli commentaire ! Dommage !

[@TuckerSP2011]

Those tomatoes looked so good! We make it but we cube up the bread. It really captures all of the goodness of the summer ingredients. Beautiful poodles!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Yes indeed; it's a welcome summer dish! Pupcake and Pom Pom are our Granddogs.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

I'll bet the char makes it special! Now that you have shared your memory of Italian Mary with us, that story will live on in our memories when we make this dish. That's a nice aspect of sharing memories, it ensures people are remembered

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank you for your beautiful ode to my friend Italian Mary who lives in my heart! ❤

[@Falafelzebub]

I love panzanella in summer when the tomatoes are at their best. This version is new to me. Thank you for sharing it!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

It's simple and good, and good and simple! It's a win win!

[@Falafelzebub]

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca 😁

[@HankBukowski]

I worked at a pizza place that was ran by a Sicilian family. The owners could barely speak a word of English. The mother made two things (out of the innumerable delicious meals she made) that I couldn't get enough of. One was somewhere between soup and pasta and it had small pieces of spaghetti, hamburger, potatoes and I know there was cinnamon maybe peas. Delicious. The other was a pizza she made around the holidays that had somekind of anchovie sauce and a very different dough from the pizzas they sold. If you know either of these and would find them to be a good video, I would love instructions on making them. I really like your channel. Thank you.

[@lawrencealtman914]

Always the BEST!!!!!!!!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank You, Dr. Altman, for your constant uplifting support!

[@christinaschuette4215]

Looks delicious ! It's a perfect dish for our Michigan tomatoes 🍅 😋 😍... I'm going to try it out today or tomorrow... Thank you Giovanna

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank You, Christina; your Michigan tomatoes will shine! 🍅🧅🥒

[@Lori-b1s]

I’ve enjoyed that beautiful view for 45 years. I had no idea that we had such a wonderful chef on our street. The panzanella salad looks delicious. Thank You Giovanna for bringing back wonderful memories of the street that I grew up on and being with my family again ❤️

[@MelvisVelour]

Nice to see my favorite Nonna back! This is one of my favorite summer salads and there are so many varieties of it around the Mediterranean like Fatoush from my home in Lebanon. Grazie!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Enjoy it in all the diversities that our Mediterranean ancestors have created! Hello from the US to Lebanon! ❤Nonna

[@laura-amazing9131]

Signora Giovanna questo piatto è buonissimo e fresco perfetto col caldo che abbiamo in questi giorni. Un saluto dall'Italia precisamente dalla provincia di Milano

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Grazie Mille Signora Laura; Milano é La Grande Mela d"Italia!

[@patriciaacampora2491]

Thank U for a Great Video. Beautiful dish and Beautiful couple. God Bless U ♥♥♥

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank You , Patricia, for your lovely words! 🌹🌹🌹

[@marlenen.6474]

Oh, Giovanna, it’s so wonderful to see Howard and you again!! You look fantastic! And, I love the puppy dogs. The panzanella looks delicious. Thank you and best wishes, Marlene 🥰

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank you, Marlene, and our Grand Dogs Pup Cake and Pom Pom enjoy the attention as well!

[@Lori-b1s]

I’ve enjoyed that beautiful view for 45 years. I had no idea that we had such a wonderful chef on our street. The panzanella salad looks delicious. Thank You Giovanna for bringing back wonderful memories of the street that I grew up on and being with my family again ❤️

[@messitup]

We had a giant pizza the other day, however, it had so much crust, so I cut it off and made some garlic croutons! they turned out delicious. Wonderful panzanella, those tomatoes must be delicious.

[@josephmurdoch-flowers9794]

Thank you for this and all of your work on Kitchen on the Cliff, Giovanna! Grazie. Alla prossima volta.

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank you Joseph, Jayne, James and Jacqueline. It was a great pleasure indeed to have met you in person, and we already look forward to seeing you again. Yes, alla prossima volta!

[@grandpacavendish4422]

Buongiorno Giovanna: Thank you for this great Summer salad recipe. I will make this very soon. By the way, we have met twice before. First, at your ICE class on Sicilian Cooking, and next, at Mikes Deli on Arthur Ave, with my friend, John Bellia. I'm very happy to have discovered your KZbin channel. Thanks again. Ciao. Eduardo, from Long Island.

[@cb5754]

Lovely salad. I use my tostapane toaster for the bread and add a spritz of wine vinegar with the oil. Love your videos.

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Although tomatoes are. already acidic, a drizzle of vinegar sparks up the Panzanella, as long as it's more olive oil than vinegar!

[@Sanibean1]

This has become my favorite recipe. Making again today, just for me. Barbara

[@manong4328]

Thank you ❤️. Beautiful dish and looks delicious.

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

You will enjoy it over and over again!

[@CatherineBridge-ud5mv]

Looks great! Thanks, Giovanna for the recipe. Your poodles are so cute, especially the older one sitting on your lap. Looks exactly like my Frankie who passed in 2021. I'm going to make this recipe for my nephew's graduation. And I'm going to try the technique for toasting the bread over the flame. A lot of the recipes that I saw call for salting the tomatoes to remove the juice and adding vinegar. I am Italian-American and we have never salted the tomatoes to make a salad. I'm going to make this for my nephew's graduation party. Grazie mille!

[@tabithaaaron3754]

Hello :) I just found your channel and I LOVE it! Keep going. You and your family and channel, and you little doggy are so lovely.

[@deefitzgerald2906]

HELLO BEAUTIFUL LADY…..I’ve been watching Your Videos and You make food so Simple…..I am going to make this Salad 🥗 But when We eat it I’m going to ADD fresh Parmesan cheese on top…..Do You think it will change the taste…… Sending LOVE From Virginia 🌹

[@marlenemora1841]

So delicious !! Hi from Costa Rica 🇨🇷!! I really enjoy your dishes and to see you as a lovely couple ✨✨ My youngest daughter love the Italian food 💚♥️💚♥️💚♥️💚♥️ so thank you to take your time to teach all your knowledge ❤

[@Fulton-Sheene...]

Beautiful Presentation... Thank You...❤❤

[@rudyshary9922]

thank you Giovanna.... i like to cook different foods. i like your channel and i like the way you are.. so natural.. so i will try some of your recepe' and maybe share with friends..

[@ClarisaTantry]

Another delicious and easy to make Dish. Thanks Giovanna , you are awesome.

[@BannedByMe]

In Bulgaria, we make similar salad. However, we chop and add parsley inside, and depending on the season and a fresh green pepper. We have never laid it on top of a bread. Many people love to dip bread in to the salad sauce or if you are kid you will get away to lift the bow and drink the juices. I love salads it has been tradition in our family every dinner you eat some kind of seasonal salad as a starter before the main food. Every single time. Yesterday for example we had sour cabbage salad with red pepper and olive oil with slices of salted pork fat from Bulgarian White Pig (Much Better than the British lean breeds. When I say much better i mean it.) In order to experience the taste of such salad it’s best to go visit grandma in the village in hot summer day. When she picks the tomatoes from the garden are warm from the sun. Every ingredient she put’s in the salad has been picked minutes before being chopped. The smell is amazing. Never have I felt this smell of real tomato, real cucumber in the UK for more than 15 years now. Ahh memories, memories barefoot with unwashed tomato in the hand and a chunk of feta cheese at the other, not top just shorts walking around the garden and eating.

[@TheMatahari65]

Greetings from Bergen County! We are Sicilian and truly enjoy your videos. Can you please consider not using the music with your video? It’s extremely distracting.... you have such a beautiful, calming voice but the music on loop is driving me bonkers! You and your content are MORE than enough to keep us entertained and interested in learning. Thank you in advance.

[@claudyjansenvanhetlaar3285]

Buona sera, signora Giovanna. I became a subscriber to your youtube channel last week. I love your tomato salad. My dad came from Piedmond, so my traces are there too. I live in the Netherlands, but I am Italian at heart. Dutch pot is not for me. I love your recipes and keep coming back. Greetings from Claudy

[@Pizzageek-jc4xp]

I love everything about this. that kitchen is so cute and bright. (I bet it's the most popular room in the house) the recipe is perfect, I 'm going to try this as soon as my bread is nice and stale. and Giovanna is just lovely. What more could we ask for??

[@meredyddcooper5975]

So lovely to see a video of yours again! Are you back in your home yet? May we expect new videos in the future? I hope you and your family are well!

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Και αν δεν βάλεις ψωμί και βάλεις ρίγανη ελιές πιπερια πράσινη και φετα έχεις ελληνική σαλατα και στο τέλος έρχεται παλι το ψωμί για τον Έλληνα να το βουτηξει μεσα στο λαδι 😂😂😂😂😂 πόσο κοντα αυτές οι χώρες 🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👌🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤️

[@Nemure.]

Your videos are wonderful, thank you for sharing all those recipes with us. I wish you happiness! 💞

[@donaldliss4691]

Awesome, thank you for another beautiful and easy recipe

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank you Dr. Liss for being such a faithful viewer. Grazie Mille!

[@undokat]

without cucumber, we just call it tomato salad, I would add also a drop of balsamico, oil, and a pinch of slat and pepper.

[@ettygaspard770]

Bon appétit, i love it but pls do not grill the bread directly on the gaz, better in a pan, thank you⚘️🎩

[@donnadesmoulin1146]

Love your channel.❤️🇨🇦😄☮️

[@h.ferguson3645]

Giovanna so happy to see another video from you 😍😍😍

[@reverenddr.anthonycapretta7367]

Hooray! I've been waiting for you!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank you, I've also been thinking of you! The next video will be a welcome surprise for you!

[@rm709]

easily subbed. the quality is great and the tips are gold, well, like bread I guess!

[@bo76hamburg65]

Great, love your Channel. Greetings from Hamburg Germany. benissimo, adesso ho fame perché ho visto la ricetta ;-)

[@bSidesTheRoadTaken]

Love your channel, recent subscribers 😊

[@clarkbrady2786]

I love your recipes and also enjoy learning from you.

[@alisavas9526]

Ciao! This looks wonderful :)

[@jovankabanjac2310]

Thank you, great dish!

[@brendathomas4861]

Can’t wait to make this for friends

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Hello Brenda Dear, I know that you will make it and your friends will love it!

[@annacasanova4942]

Wow! That looks so yummy! Thanks for posting again! 😊

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

It tastes every bit as good as it looks! Particularly welcome with this unusually hot weather almost everywhere.

[@annacasanova4942]

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Nice to know!!! Thanks again!

[@crimsonfancy]

exactly perfect. So lovely! Very nice

[@shakaelagibson8878]

What kind of knife does she use to make the hand cuts?

[@vr-gz4zh]

Great video! Thank you!

[@NinjaChicken]

Looks great! 😋🥰

[@MariaCruz-lp2ki]

Hi Giovanna. I'm so glad I found your channel. I remembered when you published your first book and had a book signing at a bookstore in Fort Lee NJ. I look forward to watching all your videos and learning from you.

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank you Maria, and thank you for still being connected! Enjoy the Videos e Grazie Mille.

[@didisinclair3605]

Oh my looks divine!!!!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

And It tastes just as good!

[@shirleybezuidenhout2724]

Wonderful idea to use up old bread, will definitely be trying this out. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

It’s a favorite at house!

[@gwynnlinn1133]

Yum!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank You Very Much!

[@64kimmyjo]

Yes! So excited to make this

[@aris1956]

0:42 Buongiorno ! Non sapevo che gli inglesi o in inglese dicessero ….”buono come l’oro”. Anche su queste cose si nota la differenza tra noi italiani e loro. A noi basta un buon pane. “ Buono come il pane”….. I valori della vita a volte tra popoli sono un po’ differenti. Un caro saluto dalla Germania. (Io provengo dalla regione Campania, zona costiera amalfitana). PS: se posso permettermi, lei ha un cognome che potrebbe essere anche una contessa siciliana. L’apparenza è anche quella. 😊 Lei è arrivata da bambina in America ? Immagino che sia siciliano anche suo marito.

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Carissima Signora, mia zia Rosa diceva sempre che il mondo é bello perché siamo tutti diversi, e possiamo tutti imparare l'uno dall'altro. Naturalmente é anche bello incontrare chi viene dai nostri paesi. Mio marito é Americano con il Padre di origine Italiana da vicino Pompeii, e la Madre Irlandese. Abbiamo una figlia meravigliosa che ha preso il meglio delle due nazionalitá!

[@mommyharris1111]

Hello Mrs. Giovanna! I wish my Italian Mother in Law was still alive to teach me all the family recipes, but thank GOODNESS I have a proper comparison by watching you and your lovely husband making and enjoying your delicious rustic homeland recipes. Im making panzanella tonight for dinner.

[@wrensylvan9954]

Thank you so much. It's always wonderful and calming to watch your videos.

[@indiaindi4002]

❤ Thys is soooo yummy

[@JustAThought155]

Fabulous!!! I hope the doggie gets his fill of Italian delights each day!!!😂😂😂❤️💚🤍

[@Lori-b1s]

I’ve enjoyed that beautiful view for 45 years. I had no idea that we had such a wonderful chef on our street. The panzanella salad looks delicious. Thank You Giovanna for bringing back wonderful memories of the street that I grew up on and being with my family again ❤️

[@JesseRaylabrancaro]

I’m so happy I found your channel! Thank you for sharing your recipes with us!

[@yaninanabieva5273]

I enjoy every bit of the video. Picture, sound, the recipe and the host. Thank you!

[@helenpetrie892]

I discovered your channel recently and love watching your videos. You make everything so clear. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia where there are many people who came from Sicily, so I am familiar with some of your dishes (although caponata in Melbourne is very different from yours!). I have wonderful memories of having weekend lunches with my family's friends who had come from Sicily and they would bring a cold picnic pasta dish (not a pasta salad). Is that something you know? I would love to know how to make that. Also in your video on the lamb pie for Easter (most interesting!), you mention at the end an orange salad which is very common in Sicilian food. Could you do a video on that please! Very best wishes from York, England. (P.S. I have ordered your Sicilian Feasts cookbook, greatly looking forward to reading and trying recipes from it).

[@Patti-iz6yn]

I will make this over the weekend for a family BBQ. Thank you!

[@pamelabrown8798]

❤

[@kassidydavis5565]

Hi Giovanna I was wondering if you could maybe do a mini series where you share the recipes in Italian? I’m starting to learn and I would love to be able to learn while learning your recipes as well!

[@lee-qi2ob]

Hi Giovanna It looks very easy and delicious I'll try it at lunch today.😊 And Hi Howard 👋 You both look so wonderful.💕💕

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank You. ❤Giovanna and Howard

[@cngreen2950]

Tesekkurler 🇹🇷🌷😊

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Prego!

[@ricepudding4809]

Looks delicious!❤

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

.....and it tastes just as good! Enjoy!

[@lachileritalachilerita4381]

Beautiful!

[@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Thank you and Grazie Tanto!