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Ingredients

• ½ pound ounces haricots verts
• thyme
• salt and pepper
• 1 medium onion, peeled, trimmed, and sliced , quartered, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 yellow bell pepper
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• 3/4 cup Nicoise Salad Dressing:
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 1 cup (or less) extra virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground white pepper
• Sugar
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• 6 ounces fingerling potatoes
• 1 cup red and yellow pear and Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes
• 1 pound Tuna
• 4 cups mixed baby lettuces, washed and dried
• 6 tablespoons pitted Nicoise or pitchiline olives
• 6 anchovy fillets

Preparation

Blanch haricots verts; salt and pepper, add thyme.

Sauté onion in evoo till caramelized, 10 min. salt, pepper.

roast peppers, peel, cut into 1/4" strips.

Make dressing

peel and boil potatoes, cube 1/2 inch pieces

halve the tomatoes

season tuna with cracked coriander seed, cracked pepper, and season with salt.

In a small saucepan, high heat, 2 to 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil and sear tuna fillets until all sides are brown, about 1 to 2 minutes, keeping the centers rare. Remove from heat and slice each tuna fillet into cubes. (or grill it)

Mix above in a bowl, add lettuce,  olives and anchovies and dress.