Salade Nicoise

[Nick]

Here's a little something I was cooking at work yesterday...

Salade Nicoise

Serves: 4
Prep time:15mins
Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients
2 pack little gem lettuces
125g fine green beans
200g tuna steaks
3 tomatoes, quartered
3 medium size eggs, hard boiled, peeled and quartered
6 anchovy fillets, drained and roughly chopped
10 black olives, stoned
15ml spoon capers, drained

For the dressing
3 tbsp. olive oil
15ml white wine vinegar
salt and pepper
1 tbsp. fresh parsley, roughly chopped

Method

Place the lettuce leaves in the base of a salad bowl.

Cook the green beans in boiling salted water for 2 minutes then refresh under running cold water.

Warm a frying pan over a moderate heat with the a little oil, then season the tuna steaks and fry on both sides for 3 minutes until cooked, then flake into large pieces.
Arrange the beans, tuna, tomatoes, eggs, anchovies, olives and capers on top of the lettuce.

Mix together the dressing ingredients, except the parsley, in a jar and shake well to combine. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve immediately, sprinkled with the parsley.

[Nick]

And this as well

Fillet Steak with Salsa Verde and Roasted Vegetables

Serves: 4
Prep time: 10mins
Cooking time:15mins

Ingredients
For the vegetables
2 red peppers
2 red onions
1 aubergine
2 courgettes
4 plum tomatoes
4 tbsp. olive oil
2 cloves garlic
50 ml white wine

For the salsa
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
20g pack flat leaf parsley
15g pack basil
2 x 15ml spoons capers
15ml spoon Dijon mustard
15ml spoon white wine vinegar
4 x 15ml spoons extra virgin olive oil
1 bunch basil
salt and freshly ground black pepper


4 125g fillet steaks

Method

Cut all the vegetables into even sized pieces and place in a large bowl, keeping the tomatoes to one side.

Blend the olive oil, garlic, basil and white wine together then pour over the vegetables. Mix well and allow to marinate.

To cook the vegetables, drain off excess marinade in a colander, then spread the vegetables on a non-stick baking tray.

Roast in the oven for 15 – 20 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook for another 10 mins.

For the salsa verde, place all the ingredients except for the oil into a food processor and roughly process. Add the oil and process until smooth. Season to taste.

Preheat a griddle or frying pan over a high heat, season the steak with salt and pepper then cook for 3 minutes on each side depending on thickeness for a medium steak.

To serve: Place some roasted vegetables onto a serving plate, top with a steak and a generous amount of the salsa verde.

you can easily swap the fillet steak for sirloin, or even salmon or trout. If you want to do tuna with this, which is really tasty, lightly oil the fish first. you shouldn't need to use oil with the salmon though as it is an oily fish and with a decent non stick pan you'll get a lovely crispy skin to the fish... YUM!

[DR]

And the photos to prove it?

[Private Pyle]

You forgot the last steps

• Place food in taxi
• send taxi too pyles house in northampton(not far up m1 mate)
• pyle eats, yum yum!

[directhex]

you had chinese and didn't invite me?



--jo

[Zak33]

Originally posted by directhex


you had chinese and didn't invite me?



--jo

you need a small, insignificant slap for that

[Nick]

Hex, when I say I 'had' a Chinese I meant it in the context of the food....

...otherwise, of course I would have invited you...

[Nick]

Originally posted by David
And the photos to prove it?

Well, soon as I can get some webspace sorted somewhere I'll...

[Howard]

Do you have a takeaway/delivery service?

[kaillum]

hey Deck.. bit ot i know, an prolly a bit cheeky an all..

but you dont happen to know a good recipe for christmas cake do ya? the missus an I tried on out of Delia's Christmas Cook book the other night, instructions followed to the letter and it just dosnt taste right...

cheers m8e

[Bindibadgi]

damn ive got to print all these :S

[Jiff Lemon]

Deckard,

Whens the book coming? Copying and pasting is fine for now but I'm hopeless at storing bits of paper!

[shiato storm]

Originally posted by Deckard
Hex, when I say I 'had' a Chinese I meant it in the context of the food....

alternatively pull your trousers up, pay the guy for his services and show him the door...

(sorry I'v just seen that 'travelocity.com' ad at the cinema where they're interviewing air-stewards in suggestive ways...made me giggle!)