Salad Niçoise
Salad Niçoise is a classic French salad that combines fresh mixed field greens with blanched green beans, tender fingerling potatoes, juicy cherry tomatoes, and flavorful red onions and bell peppers. Topped with hard-boiled quail eggs, white anchovies, seared ahi tuna, and dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, this salad is a perfect harmony of textures and flavors.
Ingredients
- 5 oz mixed field greens
- 1 oz french green beans
- 1 oz fingerling potatoes
- 1 oz cherry tomatoes
- 1 oz red onions , chopped
- 1 oz red and green bell peppers , sliced
- 2 hard boiled quail eggs
- 1 tbsp salt
- 3 white anchovies
- 4 oz ahi tuna
- 1 oz olive oil , plus more for searing
- 1 oz balsamic vinegar
- salt and pepper , to taste
Wine Pairing
- Piquepoul
Instructions
- HEAT skillet to medium high heat with olive oil and sear both sides of ahi tuna.
- REMOVE from heat and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
- PLACE french green beans in a pot and cover with water. Add salt and bring to a boil. Cook until green beans are just crisp. Place in a cold water bath.
- PLACE potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Add 1 tbsp of salt and bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are tender. Place in a cold water bath.
- WHILE the potatoes are cooking add 1 oz olive oil and 1 oz balsamic vinegar in a small mixing bowl and whisk to make the dressing.
- PLACE all remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl and toss with balsamic vinaigrette.
- PLACE salad in large bowl then add the sliced seared ahi tuna, fingerling potatoes and green beans.
- GARNISH with quail eggs and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 350kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 20gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 100mgSodium: 800mgPotassium: 500mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 3000IUVitamin C: 40mgCalcium: 100mgIron: 2mg
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