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Salade Nicoise (Nicoise salad)

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Ingredients
  

  • 8 baby/chat potatoes Note 1
  • 120 g/ 4 oz green beans trimmed
  • 2 tomatoes each cut into 8 – 10 wedges
  • 1/2 baby cos lettuce romaine , cut or torn into large bite size pieces
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs peeled and quartered
  • ¾ cup/ 100g unpitted black olives Note 2
  • 250 – 300g/ 8 – 10oz canned chunk tuna in oil Drained and broken up
  • Dressing
  • 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 small garlic clove minced/grated
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • Pinch black pepper

Method
 

  1. Dressing: Shake ingredients in a jar.
  2. Cook ptoatoes: Boil potatoes until tender. Drain and leave to fully cool.
  3. Slice into halves.
  4. Blanch beans: Boil green beans until tender or done to your liking. Drain and refresh under cold running water to quickly cool. Drain, pat well to dry.
  5. Arrange the cos leaves on a large, wide plate.
  6. Scatter and layer the remaining ingredients artfully around the plate, finishing with the eggs, olives and chunks of tuna. Drizzle with dressing over and serve!