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Tuna Nicoise

Courses: Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

4   Tuna steaks - (4-oz ea)
  Oil - for grilling
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly ground black pepper - to taste
4 cups 948mlBoston Bibb lettuce - (2 small heads) - torn into pieces
1   Lemon Aioli - see * Note
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozRed skin potatoes - quartered, cooked until tender, cooled
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozGreen beans - snipped, cooked until tender, cooled
8   Cherry tomatoes
1   Red onion - halved, sliced thin (small)
3   Hard-boiled eggs - sliced
1/2 cup 118mlNicoise olives - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

* Note: See the "Lemon Aioli" recipe which is included in this collection.

Preheat the grill. Oil and season the tuna. Grill the tuna for 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Toss the lettuce with 1/4 cup of Aioli dressing and season with salt and pepper. Place in the center of your salad plates. Arrange the rest of the ingredients in a pretty way. Top with the beautiful tuna steak, and drizzle all over with the remaining dressing. Garnish with the olives.

This recipe yields 4 entree salads.

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-2171 broadcast 07-17-1996) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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