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Salad nicoise
A classic French salad.
What you need
- 225 g fine green beans, trimmed, halved and blanched
- 225 g baby new potatoes
- 200 g canned tuna, drained
- 3 ripe tomatoes, quarterned
- 2 eggs, hard boiled, peelded and quartered
- 8 anchovy fillets, halved and split lengthways
- 6 tsp capers, rinsed and drained
- 2 little gem lettuces, washed and separated into leaves
- 15 pitted black olives
- for the dressing
- 90 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 6 tsp white wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 3 tsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp caster sugar
- 3 tsp chopped fresh parsley
- seasoning
Method
Cook the beans in boiling water for 1 min. Drain. Set aside.
Halve the potatoes. Cook in boiling, salted water until tender. Drain. Allow to cool.
Whisk dressing ingredients together until well combined.
Flake the tuna into large chunks. Place in a bowl with the beans, potatoes, tomatoes, eggs, anchovies and capers.
Pour over the dressing and toss together.
To serve: Spoon tuna mixture over the lettuce leaves.
Serving suggestion
French bread.
Cook's tip
| Per portion | Per 100g | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kj) | 1753 | 425 | 10475 | 8350 |
| Energy (kcal) | 419 | 101 | 2500 | 2000 |
| Protein (g) | 24.0 | 5.81 | ||
| Carbohydrate (g) | 26.1 | 6.32 | 345 | 275 |
| Fat (g) | 26.6 | 6.46 | 95 | 70 |
| Fat (saturated) (g) | 4.10 | 0.99 | ||
| Fibre (g) | 5.37 | 1.30 | ||
| Sodium (mg) | 820 | 199 | ||
| Salt (equivalent) (g) | 2.05 | 0.50 | 7 | 5 |
| Per Portion | Per 100g | RDA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin A (µg) | 239 | 58.2 | 800 |
| Vitamin B-12 (µg) | 1.98 | 0.48 | 1 |
| Vitamin B-6 (mg) | 0.56 | 0.14 | 2 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 53.0 | 12.8 | 60 |
| Vitamin D (µg) | 15.3 | 3.70 | 266 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 4.86 | 1.18 | 10 |
| Zinc (mg) | 1.55 | 0.38 | 15 |
| Calcium (mg) | 98.6 | 23.9 | 800 |
| Folate (mcg) | 91.4 | 22.2 | 200 |
| Iron (mg) | 4.38 | 1.06 | 14 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 74.4 | 18.1 | 300 |
| Niacin (mg) | 11.4 | 2.77 | 18 |
| Pantothenic acid (mg) | 1.12 | 0.27 | 6 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0.35 | 0.09 | 1.6 |
| Phosphorous (mg) | 257 | 62.4 | 800 |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.24 | 0.06 | 1.4 |
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