Salade Nicoise

dan

This classic French salad makes a nice dinner course. I pretty much wing the amount of salad and veggies based on what’s available. The main thing is getting the dressing right and using Italian tuna. It will taste really lemony, but once mixed with the salty tuna, it tastes awesome

ingredients

Salad:
Boston lettuce
Small potatoes, halved/quartered
Green beans
Cherry tomatoes
2-3 hard boiled eggs, quartered/sliced
Nicoise olives
Capers
1 can Italian tuna (e.g. Cento’s)
Anchovies
Dressing:
Half a lemon
Extra virgin olive oil
Chopped basil
Sliced shallots
Salt & pepper to taste

directions

1
Boil potatoes, green beans and eggs and let cool.
2
Make dressing by whisking enough oil into lemon juice to emulsify. Add salt & pepper to taste. Add basil and shallots. Toss potatoes, green beans and tomatoes into the dressing.
3
Arrange lettuce on flat plate. Place dressed veggies on top. I like to put it in rows (like a Cobb salad). Add eggs, olives and capers on top. Put tuna on top and arrange a couple (or more) strips of anchovies. Fresh ground pepper on top.