Niçoise Salad {Easy French Classic}

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Niçoise Salad {Easy French Classic}

You can’t beat a classic homemade Nicoise Salad. It’s full of so much flavour and nutrition, but it’s got simple ingredients and mouthfuls of satisfaction. Make it for a healthy lunch or dinner, or spruce it up for a special meal.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Main Course, Salad

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

For the dressing:

1 Garlic clove Crushed
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 Lemon Juice only
6 tbsp Olive oil

For the salad:

400 g Salad potatoes Halved
100 g Green beans
4 Eggs
2 Little gem lettuce Torn into large pieces
100 g Black olives
3 Tomatoes Cut into wedges
300 g Tuna This is drained weight | See notes

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Instructions

Whisk the dressing ingredients together, season to taste then set to one side.
Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the salad potatoes for 15 minutes or until tender, adding the green beans in for the last 4 minutes of cooking. Drain and leave to one side to cool.
Boil the eggs for 6 minutes then run under a cold tap to stop the cooking.
Arrange the ingredients onto a serving platter finishing with the peeled and halved eggs and tuna chunks, then spoon over the dressing and serve.

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Notes

Type of tuna: There are lots of different kinds of tinned and jarred tuna on the market. Normal tinned tuna works perfectly but swap to a slightly fancier jarred tuna if you want to serve it for a special lunch.

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