Name: Peppered tuna with Niçoise salad and black olive dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 cherry tomatoes on the vine, stems attached; a handful mixed leaves; 8 anchovy fillets; 4 quail eggs; 50 ml olive oil; ½ garlic clove; 100 g green beans, topped but leaving the tail; 3 tablespoons vinaigrette; 50 g cracked black pepper; 200 g fresh tuna; 4 new potatoes; a sprig of fresh rosemary; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 10 g capers; 100 g pitted black olives; 300 ml olive oil, plus extra for drizzling; 1 garlic clove

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

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When choosing tuna steaks, always buy ones that are deep red and aren’t turning brown at the edges. If you can’t find cracked black pepper, use crushed black peppercorns.