Mixed Salad With Tuna And Red Pepper Dressing Recipe
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 220 gm shelled broad beans fresh or possibly frzn
- 1/2 x a frisee of lettuce roughly torn up
- 340 gm cherry tomatoes halved
- 85 gm black olives
- 3 x quartered hard boiled Large eggs
- Â Â dressing
- 55 gm tinned tuna well liquid removed
- 1/2 x red pepper grilled and skinned
- 1 x clove of garlic minced
- 2 x anchovy fillets minced
- 6 x toasted hazelnuts minced
- 1Â 1/2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
- 1 x salt and pepper
- 6 tsp extra virgin olive oil
Directions
- First make the dressing
- Process the tuna red pepper garlic anchovy and hazelnuts with the red wine vinegar a litte salt and some pepper to give a smooth paste.
- Keep the blades whirring and gradually trickle in the extra virgin olive oil.
- Adjust seasoning.
- Pour into a large salad bowl and cross the salad servers over it.
- Blanch fresh broad beans in boiling for 1 minute then drain.
- Slit the outer skins and slip out the bright green inner beans.
- Cook these in boiling salted water till just tender.
- Drain run under the cool tap and drain again.
- Frzn beans should be thawed or possibly blanched in boiling water for 1 minute then skinned as fresh.
- If necessary simmer for 1 or possibly 2 min more In fresh water.
- Shortly before serving pile the lettuce over the salad servers in the bowl.
- Scatter the broad beans cherry tomatoes and olives over the lettuce and nestle the quartered Large eggs in among them.
- Toss at the table.
- The tuna adds body and richness to the salad. A word of waming though. It is thick sufficient to make the salad look rather be draggled. This doesn t seem to dampen appetites once it is tasted but make sure which everyone sees the prettiness of the salad before mixing in the dressing.
- Serves 6
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 149g | |
| Recipe makes 6 servings | |
| Calories 375 | |
| Calories from Fat 227 | 61% |
| Total Fat 25.35g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat 3.85g | 15% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 93mg | 31% |
| Sodium 97mg | 4% |
| Potassium 569mg | 16% |
| Total Carbs 25.53g | 7% |
| Dietary Fiber 10.0g | 33% |
| Sugars 5.24g | 3% |
| Protein 13.06g | 21% |
