Winter Nicoise Salad

I love salads and miss them terribly in the winter months, this recipe satifies my salad cravings whilst also been suffiently hearty and warm.

Feeds 4

* 4 Tuna Steaks
* 1 Bag of new potatoes
* 300g green beans (steamed or boiled)
* 1 punnet of cherry or baby roma tomatoes (halved)
* 4 hard boiled eggs (cut into quarter’s length ways)
* 8 anchovy fillets
* Small tub of black olives
* 1 table spoon of sweet chilli
* 1 table spoon of olive oil
* 2 cloves of garlic (coarsely chopped)
* Salt and pepper to taste
* Sprinkle of sugar
* Sprinkle of mixed herbs

Place tomatoes on a baking tray with baking paper and dust with salt, pepper, sugar and mixed herbs, then place in a hot oven and cook for about ½ hour till well roasted. Set aside to cool.

Marinate the tuna in the sweet chilli, garlic
and olive oil for about 1 hour.

Boil potatoes till cooked but solid, once cooled chop in halves then pan fry till golden in shallow vegetable oil.

Place the tuna in a hot fry pan and brown lightly both sides before adding some of the marinade mixture and then cooking to your liking.

Decorate on plate, beans on the bottom, then potatoes, tomatoes, eggs and anchovies, add the tuna to the top and drizzle some of the cooked marinade on top and finally toss on some black olives as a garnish!