Sort Of Salad Nicoise

Recipe Ingredients

		Dressing
1/2 cup	118ml	Mayonnaise
1 teaspoon	5ml	Dijon mustard
4		Anchovy filets
1		Garlic clove - minced (small)
		Grated lemon zest - to taste
		Fresh lemon juice - to taste
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
		Salad
3 cups	330g / 11oz	Mixed greens - washed
2		Imported tuna fish in olive oil - drained, flaked
		(abt 6 oz from France or Italy)
4		New red potatoes (small)
2		Ripe plum tomatoes - quartered lengthwise
1 cup	237ml	Haricots verts
1/3 cup	78ml	Kalamata olives - measured, then
		Pitted and cut into slivers
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salted capers - rinsed

Recipe Instructions

Dressing: In a food processor combine the mayonnaise, about a teaspoonful of Dijon mustard or to taste, anchovies and a small clove minced garlic. Season to taste with lemon juice and grated lemon rind. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Salad: Cut potatoes lengthwise into quarters, skin left on, and parboil until just cooked through. Parboil the haricots verts until crisp tender.

Arrange greens on 2 individual dinner plates. On each plate, arrange a sprinkle of tuna in the center of the plate and drizzle mayonnaise over tuna and greens.

Surround tuna fish, in spoke like fashion, with potatoes, tomatoes and haricots verts. Sprinkle black olives and capers on top for garnish.

This recipe yields 2 servings.

Source:
COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY with Michele Urvater - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # MF-6622)

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