Salade Niçoise or "salad from Nice" (France)

Ingredients

• 1 lb new potato
• 2 eggs, hard cooked
• 4 ounces French style green beans
• 6 tomatoes, cut into quarters
• 2 ounces anchovies, drained and sliced in half lengthwise
• 1 head lettuce, leaves washed and patted dry
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 teaspoons white wine vinegar (plain white or apple cider vinegars can be used)
• 1/2 teaspoon French mustard
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 14 ounces tuna fish, drained
• 2 ounces pitted black olives

Directions

1. 1

   Scrub the potatoes and cook them in a pot of boiling water for 15 minutes or until tender. Drain and let cool.

2. 2

   Trim the ends off the beans. Cook them in boiling water for 5 minutes then rinse with cold water.

3. 3

   Slice the potatoes.

4. 4

   Arrange lettuce leaves on the bottom of a large salad bowl.

5. 5

   Put the potatoes on top of the lettuce.

6. 6

   Sprinkle the tuna on top of the potatoes & lettuce.

7. 7

   Sprinkle on the beans, tomatoes and anchovies.

8. 8

   In a jar with a tight-fitting lid: Put olive oil, vinegar, mustard, salt & pepper. Shake well to combine.

9. 9

   Drizzle over salad.

10. 10

    Slice the hard-cooked eggs into quarters & arrange them and the olives on top of the salad.

11. 11

    Serve & enjoy!