Nicoise Salad with Tuna and Quail eggs

The following recipe comes from Chow and Chatter:

Nicoise Salad with an Asian Twist!

Ingredients:

• about 6 big lettuce leaves
• 5 chopped potatoes – cooked
• 1/2 a cup of cooked peas and 1/2 a cup of cooked edamame
• 4 lychee
• 8 cherry tomatoes chopped
• one cup of flaked tuna or a fresh tuna steak
• 1/4 of a cucumber chopped
• 6 quail eggs boiled and halved

Dressing

• 2 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, I had a nice Californian one infused with Meyer lemons
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• one tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• herbs De Provence to taste
• a little salt and pepper

Method:

1. boil the peas, edamame and potatoes and keep to one side
2. then mix it all together arrange eggs on top and enjoy