Niçoise salad
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Niçoise salad
Tuna, eggs, potatoes and green beans make a hearty salad with a sharp mustard dressing.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Serves
- 2
- Level
- Easy
Gather
Ingredients
- 300 gnew potatoes, halved
- 150 ggreen beans, trimmed
- 2eggs
- 1 tintuna in olive oil, 145 g, drained
- 200 gcherry tomatoes, halved
- 60 gblack olives, pitted
- 1little gem lettuce, leaves separated, washed and dried
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 1 tbspred wine vinegar
- 1 tspDijon mustard
Make
Method
- 1.
Boil the potatoes for 15–20 minutes until tender, adding the green beans for the final 4 minutes. Drain well.
20 minutes - 2.
Meanwhile, lower the eggs into a separate pan of gently boiling water and cook for 9 minutes. Cool under cold running water, then peel and quarter.
12 minutes - 3.
Whisk the olive oil, vinegar and mustard together to make the dressing.
2 minutes - 4.
Arrange the lettuce, potatoes, beans, tomatoes and olives on two plates.
4 minutes - 5.
Flake the tuna over the salad, add the egg quarters and spoon over the dressing.
3 minutes