Niçoise salad supper
Tuna, eggs, potatoes, green beans and olives with a sharp mustardy dressing. A proper meal in a bowl.
Ingredients
- 500 g New potatoes, halved
- 200 g Green beans, trimmed
- 4 Eggs
- 290 g Tinned tuna, 2 tins, drained
- 250 g Cherry tomatoes, halved
- 60 g Black olives
- 2 Little gem lettuce, leaves separated
- 0.5 Red onions, very thinly sliced
- 40 ml Olive oil
- 15 ml Red wine vinegar
- 5 g Dijon mustard
- 3 g Salt
- 2 g Black pepper
Method
- Boil the potatoes in salted water for 12 minutes. Lower the eggs in for the last 8 minutes of cooking, and add the beans for the last 4 minutes.
- Drain, then cool the eggs under cold running water and peel them. Cool the potatoes and beans a little.
- Whisk the oil, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper into a dressing.
- Toss the potatoes, beans and onion with half the dressing in a large bowl.
- Arrange the lettuce on a platter, pile the potato mixture on top, then add the tomatoes, olives, tuna and quartered eggs. Drizzle over the rest of the dressing.