Salad
Nicoise

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon tarragon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1/2 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup mild olive oil, or half olive oil and half peanut oil
• Lemon juice, if needed
• Salt and freshly ground pepper

• About 10 leaves from a head of Bibb lettuce
• About 6 fresh basil leaves, shredded
• 4 ounces green beans, blanched in salted water, refreshed and drained
• 6 baby red potatoes, boiled until tender and sliced
• 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 3 baby artichoke hearts, cooked and quartered
• 1 very small purple onion, sliced very thinly and separated into rings
• Handful nicoise olives
• 2 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and quartered
• 3 or 4 anchovy fillets
• Fleur de sel and freshly ground pepper

Preparation

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