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| Nicoise Salad 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. |