Salad Nicoise

Recipe Ingredients

8		New potatoes - tiny
4		Eggs
1 lb	454g / 16oz	French green beans - (haricots verts)
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Cucumber (medium)
12		Anchovy fillets - soaked in
		Milk - for 2 hours
8		Scallions
8		Artichokes - tiny
1 cup	237ml	Nicoise olives
1/2		Lemon - juice of
6 tablespoons	90ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
		Salt - to taste
10 oz	284g	Mesclun salad - - (abt 9 cups)

Recipe Instructions

Place potatoes in a sauce pan with water to cover and boil until tender, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain and cool. Quarter the potatoes and set aside.

Hard boil eggs by placing in boiling water and cooking 9 minutes. Remove and plunge into ice water. When cool, peel and quarter and set aside.

Place French green beans in boiling salted water and cook until al dente, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove and refresh in ice water.

Slice cucumber into paper thin rounds and place in a large mixing bowl. Trim artichokes of outer leaves, slice paper thin and toss into bowl with cucumbers. Slice scallions on bias, paper thin and add to bowl. Add anchovies, olives, lemon sauce and olive oil and season with salt and toss to mix well. Add potatoes, eggs, French green beans and mesclun to bowl. Toss well and serve.

This recipe yields 4 servings as a light lunch.

Source:
MEDITERRANEAN MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # ME-1A15)

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