Salad Nicoise Recipe

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

Nicoise Salad

• 1 pound fresh green beans ends trimmed and blanched
• 1 head of red leaf lettuce leaves removed, washed and dried well
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes cut in half
• 6 ounces oil packed tuna flaked
• 4 hard-boiled eggs halved lengthwise
• 2-3 anchovy fillets
• ½ cup Kalamata olives or Nicoise olives pitted and cut in half or chopped
• 4 tablespoons capers
• Flat leaf parsley hard stems removed and chopped finely, for garnish

French Potato Salad

• 3-4 Gold potatoes cooked to fork tender
• Salt and pepper to taste

Vinaigrette (makes about ½ cup)

• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
• ½ cup olive oil
• ½ teaspoon dried tarragon optional, or use fresh
• Salt and pepper to taste

  Vinaigrette another version

  • 1½ Tbsp (23 g) shallots, minced
  • 1 Tbsp (16 g) Dijon mustard
  • ½ tsp (2.5 g) salt
  • ½ tsp (2.3 g) fresh ground pepper
  • 1 Tbsp (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp (15 ml) red wine vinegar
  • ⅔ C (144–177 ml) extra virgin olive oil