Hot Nicoise

Name: Hot Nicoise
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tbsp honey; a few handfuls of baby spinach or other fresh salad leaves; 2 tbsp oil (from tuna tin); salt and pepper, to taste; 1 x 145 g tin of tuna in oil; 2 tbsp black olives; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 1 x 520 g tin of cooked baby potatoes; 4 medium eggs; ½ tsp mustard; a pinch of dried mixed herbs; 1 tbsp any light vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Good Food For Bad Days

By Jack Monroe

Published 2020

About

I like the concept of a Nicoise salad, but the reality generally leaves me feeling short-changed and slightly hungry. This is a more substantial and probably entirely blasphemous version, served hot and hefty.

Ingredients

1 x 145 g tin of tuna in oil
1 x 520 g tin of cooked baby potatoes
1

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

First drain the tuna carefully over a small bowl or mug, reserving the oil. You’ll use this for cooking and for the dressing. If your tuna didn’t come in oil, don’t worry, just use a light cooking oil instead.

Drain and halve your potatoes and pop them in a large nonstick pan with a tablespoon of oil. Add the onion, and cook over medium heat for a few minutes, nudging with a wooden spoo