Nicoise Salad

Nicoise Salad Recipe

Serves 4

Preperation Time 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 8 Small potatoes
  • 150g French beans (blanched)
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 Small butter lettuces
  • Tin of Italian tuna
  • 2 Ripe tomatoes
  • ½ Red onion
  • 4-5 Black olives
  • Small handful flat leaf parsley
  • Salted capers
  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ Minced garlic
  • 4 Anchovies
  • Directions

  • Boil potatoes, until cooked through, then drain and cut in half.
  • Blanch 150g beans in boiling water until emerald green, then drain and rinse.
  • Boil 4 eggs for 6 minutes.
  • Divide the leaves from 2 small butter lettuces in 4 bowls.
  • Shell the eggs and cut in half. Evenly divide the potatoes, beans and eggs in 4 bowls.
  • Divide 175g of canned yellow fin tuna (recommend Sirenna Tuna), and add to the bowls with 2 ripe tomatoes cut into chunks, and ½ finely sliced Spanish onion. Add 4 - 5 black olives with a light garnish of flat leaf parsley and slated capers.
  • Combine 2 tbsp lemon juice, 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and ½ tsp of minced garlic. Drizzle the dressing over the salads and then top each salad with 2 anchovies.