Nicoise Salad

Ingredients

• Vinaigrette
• lemon juice or red wine vinegar
• extra-virgin olive oil
• finely chopped shallot
• finely chopped fresh basil
• finely chopped fresh thyme
• teaspoons finely chopped fresh oregano or tarragon
• teaspoon Dijon mustard
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Salad
• grilled or otherwise cooked tuna steaks* or 2-3 cans of tuna
• hard boiled eggs , peeled and quartered lengthwise
• pounds small young red potatoes or fingerling potatoes
• medium heads Boston lettuce or butter lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
• small ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into wedges
• small red onion, thinly sliced
• pound green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
• niçoise olives
• capers, rinsed and/or several anchovies
• *Marinate tuna steaks in a little olive oil for an hour. Heat a large skillet on