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Tuna with herb salad, capers and lemon dressing

Neil Perry
Neil Perry

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Zest, fresh and colourful, this salad is a great way to inject some vitality into your day.
Zest, fresh and colourful, this salad is a great way to inject some vitality into your day.William Meppem

It's crunch time for a zesty salad with tuna.

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Ingredients

  • ½ bunch fresh flat leaf parsley, washed and dried

  • ½ bunch fresh basil leaves, washed and dried

  • 1 small radicchio, washed and dried

  • 400g canned tuna, in rough chunks

  • 1 small red onion, peeled, halved and sliced thinly

  • 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, washed and halved

Lemon dressing

  • 3 tbsp drained capers, minced

  • 4 cornichons, minced

  • grated rind of 1 lemon

  • 3 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • 1 tsp red wine vinegar

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard

  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

  1. In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients and mix with a fork. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

    Place herbs and radicchio in a bowl and pour over 2 tbsp of the dressing. Mix well and scatter on 4 plates.

    Place the tuna, onion and tomatoes in a bowl, add the rest of the dressing and gently combine. Spoon over the plated herbs and radicchio and give a good grind of pepper. Serve immediately.

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Neil PerryNeil Perry is a restaurateur, chef and former Good Weekend columnist.

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