Salade Blankite

This is a traditional Tunisian recipe for a classic salad of baguette pieces soaked in vinaigrette with harissa that are topped with a vegetable, cheese and tuna mix, chilled and served.

Ingredients:

1 fresh baguette

1 bell pepper, de-seeded and diced

2 tomatoes, blanched, peeled and diced

1 onion, diced

1 small tin of tuna

2 tbsp capers, finely chopped

50g Gruyère cheese black olives, finely chopped

3 tbsp white wine vinegar

4 tbsp olive oil

1 dessert spoon harissa

250ml water

salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

Method:

Whisk together 2 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp of the vinegar to form a vinaigrette. Combine the diced vegetables in a bowl and dress with the vinaigrette then stir in the capers and black olives and season to taste with salt and black pepper.

Slice the baguette into pieces 1cm thick. In a small bowl, whisk together 2 tbsp of the vinegar, salt, 2 tbsp olive oil, black pepper, harissa and water. Soak one side of each slice of bread in this mixture.

Now mix the cheese and tuna into the vegetable blend.

Arrange the bread slices on a serving dish (with the harissa soaked side uppermost) and top with the vegetable and tuna mix. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.
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