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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
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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. 1.

    Boil the potatoes for 15–20 minutes until tender, adding the green beans for the final 4 minutes. Drain well.

    20 minutes
  2. 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. 3.

    Whisk the olive oil, vinegar and mustard together to make the dressing.

    2 minutes
  4. 4.

    Arrange the lettuce, potatoes, beans, tomatoes and olives on two plates.

    4 minutes
  5. 5.

    Flake the tuna over the salad, add the egg quarters and spoon over the dressing.

    3 minutes