Nicoise salad

Make Nicoise salad at home

Ingredients

• 2 cans (5 oz / 140 g each) good tuna in olive oil
• 8 oz (225 g) small potatoes, boiled and halved
• 6 oz (170 g) green beans, blanched
• 4 eggs, hard-boiled and quartered
• 3 ripe tomatoes, cut in wedges
• 1/2 cup Nicoise or black olives
• 6 anchovy fillets
• 1 small red onion, sliced
• Fresh basil leaves
• 1/3 cup olive oil, 2 tbsp red vinegar, 1 tsp Dijon mustard

How it's made

1. Boil the potatoes until tender, drain and let cool slightly.
2. Blanch the green beans 3 minutes and plunge into cold water.
3. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes, cool and peel.
4. Whisk the oil, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper into a dressing.
5. Arrange lettuce on a platter and add potatoes, beans, tomatoes, onion and olives in sections.
6. Top with the tuna, eggs, anchovies and basil.
7. Drizzle with dressing just before serving.