Winter Salmon Nicoise Salad Makes 4 servings Ingredients: For the salad: 1 8oz pouch Chinook & Company smoked salmon filet ¾ pound small red skin potatoes, boiled until fork tender and cut in half ¾ pound green beans, trimmed, blanched and cooled 2 vine ripe tomatoes cut into wedges ¾ pound red or yellow beets, boiled until fork tender, skinned and cut into 1 inch cubes 4 hard boiled eggs, quartered ¼ cup Nicoise olives 2 large bunches of watercress For the dressing: 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoon finely chopped shallot 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon raw honey ½ cup light oil (sunflower, avocado) Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste |
Preparation:
Combine all salad dressing ingredients except oil in a bowl, whisk until combined. Slowly stream in oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Arrange watercress on a large serving platter and pile all the salad ingredients on top, drizzle over dressing and serve immediately or serve with dressing on the side.