A composed salad of seared tuna, hard-boiled eggs, tender green beans, ripe tomatoes, olives, and anchovies on a bed of crisp lettuce.
Ingredients
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300g fresh tuna steak
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200g green beans, trimmed
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4 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
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3 ripe tomatoes, quartered
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1 small cucumber, sliced
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1 red bell pepper, sliced
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80g nicoise olives
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8 anchovy fillets
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1 head butter lettuce
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3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
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1 tbsp red wine vinegar
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1 tsp Dijon mustard
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Salt and pepper
Instructions
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1
Blanch green beans in salted boiling water 3 min, then shock in ice water. Drain.
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2
Sear tuna in a hot oiled pan 1-2 min per side for rare. Slice thickly.
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3
Whisk olive oil, vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper for the dressing.
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4
Arrange lettuce on a large platter. Compose tomatoes, cucumber, green beans, eggs, olives, and pepper in sections.
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5
Lay tuna slices and anchovy fillets on top.
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6
Drizzle dressing over the salad. Serve immediately without tossing.
Did You Know?
The proper Monegasque salad is always composed, never tossed, each ingredient placed deliberately like a still life painting.