Nicoise Salad

Name: Nicoise Salad
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: new potatoes; green beans, trimmed; eggs; tomatoes, diced; Nicoise or Kalamata olives, pitted; mixed salad leaves or lettuce; dijon mustard; red wine vinegar; extra virgin olive oil; salt

the ultimate salad for fresh Summer eating

40 min

By Izy Hossack
August 2, 2022

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If you’re looking for a filling yet simple salad for Summer dining, you should definitely try this Niçoise Salad. It’s packed with different textures and flavours thanks to inclusions of tuna, boiled eggs, olives, tomatoes, green beans and new potatoes. Drizzled with a zingy Dijon mustard dressing to bring it all together. I’ve gone for a soft-boiled egg as I like the jammy texture but if you’re after a more traditional vibe you can hard-boil the eggs instead by simmering them for 11 minutes total.

Ingredients

2 Persons

350

new potatoes
200 g

green beans, trimmed
2 g

eggs
x 340g tin

tuna chunks, packed in spring water
250 g

tomatoes, diced
100 g

Nicoise or Kalamata olives, pitted
80 g

mixed salad leaves or lettuce

DRESSING:

1 tsp

dijon mustard
2 tsp

red wine vinegar
2 tbsp

extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch

salt
1 pinch

black pepper

Preparation

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Place the potatoes into a medium pot and cover with water. Place over a high heat on the stove and bring to the boil. Once boiling, turn down to simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender and easily pierced with a fork, 15-20 minutes. Once cooked, drain and set aside to cool.
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Bring a medium pot of water to the boil and add the trimmed green beans. Boil the beans for 2 minutes then remove from the water with tongs and plunge into the ice bath – this will keep them green and crisp.
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Once the eggs have cooled in the ice bath, crack their shells and peel them, discarding the shells. Set the peeled eggs aside.
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Drain the tuna and break into small pieces. Drain the beans and cut the eggs in half. Arrange the tuna, beans, eggs, potatoes, olives and salad leaves on a serving plate. Pour over the dressing and then serve the Nicoise salad immediately.
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Enjoy!