For Salad Nicoise:
Ingredients
Nicoise Salad
- 1 pound fresh green beans ends trimmed and blanched
- 1 head of red leaf lettuce leaves removed, washed and dried well
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 6 ounces oil packed tuna flaked
- 4 hard-boiled eggs halved lengthwise
- 2-3 anchovy fillets
- ½ cup Kalamata olives or Nicoise olives pitted and cut in half or chopped
- 4 tablespoons capers
- Flat leaf parsley hard stems removed and chopped finely, for garnish
French Potato Salad
- 3-4 Gold potatoes cooked to fork tender
- Salt and pepper to taste
Vinaigrette (makes about ½ cup)
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ teaspoon dried tarragon optional, or use fresh
- Salt and pepper to taste
Vinaigrette another version
- 1½ Tbsp (23 g) shallots, minced
- 1 Tbsp (16 g) Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp (2.5 g) salt
- ½ tsp (2.3 g) fresh ground pepper
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) red wine vinegar
- ⅔ C (144–177 ml) extra virgin olive oil
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