Salade Nicoise, InnerSpace

Salade niçoise
Ingredients
12 quail eggs
2 tuna steaks (250g each)
Olive oil
200g baby green beans
200g grape tomatoes, halved
½ red capsicum, seeded and thinly sliced
90g (½ cup) riviera olives or other small black olives
1 baby cos lettuce, cut into
6 wedges lengthwise

Dressing
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

Method

For dressing, combine all ingredients in a bowl, season to taste with sugar, cracked black pepper and sea salt, and whisk well.

Cook quail eggs in boiling water for 3 minutes, drain and run under cold water, then peel and halve lengthwise. Brush tuna steaks liberally with olive oil, season to taste and cook in a hot, heavy-based frying pan for 2-3 minutes each side for medium rare, then remove from heat and slice thinly.

Blanch beans in boiling salted water for 1 minute, then drain, refresh under cold running water and drain again.

Combine tomatoes, red capsicum, olives and beans in a bowl and drizzle with half the dressing. Place a lettuce wedge in each bowl, top with capsicum mixture and scatter with quail eggs and sliced tuna, then drizzle with remaining dressing. Serve immediately.

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