Salade Nicoise Sandwich
- 3 small red potatoes, scrubbed
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 7 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4-5 cups cleaned and dried mixed lettuces
- 3 hard boiled eggs, peeled and quartered
- 1/2 small red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 tomato, cut into wedges
- 2-3 radishes, thinly sliced
- 12 Nicoise olives
- 1 1/2 tablespoons capers
- 6 anchovy filets (optional)
- 1 6-ounce can tuna, drained
- 1.
- Place the potatoes in cold salted water in a medium pan and bring to a boil.
- Simmer until tender, about 15 minutes, then cool, peel, and quarter.
- 2.
- Combine the vinegar and mustard in a small bowl.
- Add salt and pepper and mix well.
- Stirring constantly, pour in the oil in a steady stream.
- Dress the quartered potatoes with about a tablespoon of dressing.
- 3.
- Place the lettuce in a large salad bowl.
- Add salt and pepper and enough dressing to lightly coat the lettuce (all but about 2 tablespoons).
- Toss, mixing well.
- Arrange the eggs, onions, tomatoes, radishes, olives, capers, anchovies, and tuna over the lettuce.
- Sprinkle the eggs, onions, tomatoes, and radishes with salt.
- Drizzle the salad with any remaining dressing, then toss gently and serve.
- Split 1 large or 2 small baguettes.
- Pull out and then discard some of the white bread inside and then fill with salad.
- Set aside for about 20 minutes, then cut into 8 pieces and serve.
red potatoes, red wine vinegar, mustard, salt, extra virgin olive oil, mixed lettuces, eggs, red onion, tomato, radishes, nicoise olives, capers, anchovy filets, tuna
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/salade-nicoise-sandwich-102311 (may not work)