Salade Niçoise Or "Salad From Nice" (France) - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1 lb new potato
2 eggs, hard cooked
4 ounces French style green beans
6 tomatoes, cut into quarters
2 ounces anchovies, drained and sliced in half lengthwise
1 head lettuce, leaves washed and patted dry
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 teaspoons white wine vinegar (plain white or apple cider vinegars can be used)
1/2 teaspoon French mustard
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
14 ounces tuna fish, drained
2 ounces pitted black olives
Preparation
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Scrub the potatoes and cook them in a pot of boiling water for 15 minutes or until tender. Drain and let cool.
Trim the ends off the beans. Cook them in boiling water for 5 minutes then rinse with cold water.
Slice the potatoes.
Arrange lettuce leaves on the bottom of a large salad bowl.
Put the potatoes on top of the lettuce.
Sprinkle the tuna on top of the potatoes & lettuce.
Sprinkle on the beans, tomatoes and anchovies.
In a jar with a tight-fitting lid: Put olive oil, vinegar, mustard, salt & pepper. Shake well to combine.
Drizzle over salad.
Slice the hard-cooked eggs into quarters & arrange them and the olives on top of the salad.
Serve & enjoy!
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