Madhouse recipe : #KitchenClearout Salade Niçoise

 

This colourful, tasty salad was a result of throwing together a few things from the cupboard when it was too hot to eat what was originally pencilled in on the menu plan. Finding a tin of pilchards in the cupboard, and knowing that I had some lovely fresh green beans that I'd picked up at the local farmer's market, as well as some leftover cooked potatoes in the fridge, I decided to create a twist on Salad Niçoise. Traditionalists say that Salade Niçoise should only contain tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, olives and anchovies or tuna, but other common ingredients include potatoes, green beans, tuna, red peppers, capers and even rice.

 #KitchenClearout Salade Nicoise

ingredients :

2 leftover baked potatoes

a drizzle of garlic-infused olive oil

some blanched green beans

a tin of pilchards

some cherry tomatoes

salt, black pepper

 

Chop the potato into bite-sized chunks.

Put in a bowl with a drizzle of garlic-infused olive oil and toss. (I reused the pan that I had blanched the green beans in, but there is no need to cook anything !)

 

Add the blanched green beans - they need to stay al dente so don't overcook them. You could use tinned green beans but the flavour is nowhere near as good.

 

I used pilchards but any canned fish would do - tuna, mackerel, sardines, ... I drained off the tomato sauce, as it was very runny.

 

Add the fish to the bowl and roughly break up with a fork.

  

Throw in the halved cherry tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper, toss and serve.

Adding to this month's #KitchenClearout linky.