Nicoise salad
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 10 to 30 mins
Think salad is boring? This classic French salad is full of flavour and texture, perfect for popping in your lunchbox.
Ingredients
- 450g/1lb fresh tuna or 4 x 175g/6oz tuna steaks, 2.5cm/1in thick
- 8 new potatoes, cooked and quartered lengthways
- 4 plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 115g/4oz extra fine French beans, topped, cooked and drained
- 4 little gem lettuce hearts, quartered lengthways
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- 4 eggs, cooked for 6 minutes in boiling water from room temperature, halved
- 6 anchovy fillets cut lengthways into thin strips
- 16 pitted black olives in brine
- 8 basil leaves, ripped
Steps to Make It
- 105ml/7tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp aged red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
- 2 tbsp freshly snipped chives
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper