Niçoise-style Sardine salad
A classic dish with a modern twist.
Crisp, colourful and generous, this Niçoise salad combines the freshness of vegetables and the aromas of olives and fresh basil with the intense flavour of our Flavours of the Garrigue flaked Tuna. A sunny dish that evokes the scent of summer and the Mediterranean – to be enjoyed straight away.
All ingredients
2 tins la belle-iloise Flavours of the Garrigue flaked Tuna
1 small onion
1 egg
2 tomatoes or one large beefsteak tomato
150 g green beans
8 black olives
2 tablespoons wine vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
Let's get started
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Step 1Hard-boil the egg and cook the beans al dente
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Step 2Wash the salad leaves and put them in the bottom of a salad bowl
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Step 3Place cooled beans on top, the tomatoes cut into slices and the thinly sliced onion
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Step 4Drain the tuna, keeping the sauce for the vinaigrette. Mix the vinegar, mustard and oil into the sauce, and then a little chopped basil. Spread over the salad
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Step 5Place the tuna on top and the egg cut into quarters, decorate with the olives and basil leaves
You can also add thinly sliced fresh fennel and chopped garlic.