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Salade Niçoise
by Laurent Mariotte from Essentials of French Cuisine
Easy
Serves 4
Total 24min
Prep 15min
Cook 9min
Perfect a French classic with this easy step by step recipe for tuna Niçoise salad.
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Essentials of French Cuisine
Laurent Mariotte
Essentials of French Cuisine
80 simple and timeless French recipes to cook at home.
With step-by-step methods, this is a guide through the fundamentals of French cooking.
From cheese soufflé and moules marinières, to clafoutis and lemon tart.
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Introduction
To respect salade niçoise, there are two golden rules: no cooked vegetables and no starch! The only ingredient that goes through a pan is the eggs.
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Ingredients
| 2 | eggs |
|---|---|
| 6 | tomatoes |
| 1 | cucumber |
| 1 | green pepper |
| 4 | spring onions (scallions) |
| 1 | garlic clove |
| 150 g (5 ½ oz) | tinned tuna |
| 150 g (5 ½ oz) | shelled broad beans |
| 100 g (3 ½ oz) | Nice-style black olives |
| 200 g (7 oz) | fresh anchovy fillets |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| 4 | basil leaves |
| salt and pepper |
Method
Boil the eggs in a large pan of salted water for 9 minutes. Drain and rinse through cold water and shell them.
Cut the tomatoes and eggs into 4. Sprinkle the tomatoes with salt. Cut the cucumber, pepper and spring onions into rings.
Rub the salad bowl with the clove of garlic, put in all the ingredients except the tomatoes, eggs and anchovies. Mix.
Arrange the three final ingredients on the salade niçoise, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with finely chopped basil and a few cracks of black pepper.
Serve at room temperature.
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