
Region: France, Roussillon
Category: Salads
Season: Any
Difficulty: Easy and Quick
Colliure is a small Catalan fishing village on the Côte
Vermeille, the coastal Mediterranean of the French province
of Roussillon which is considered a
part of Languedoc. Today, this little gem of a harbor is
populated with tourists, but in the twelfth century the large castle overlooking
the town was built by the Majorcan kings and it provided protection for this
tiny but strategic port. Little beaches
are sprinkled around the coast and outdoor cafes always offer this colorful
salad, also called salade catalane. It is a pleasant and a light salad and
interestingly virtually identical to the Tunisian salatat Tunisiyya bi’l-tifah (Tunisian salad with
potatoes).
[photo: Clifford A. Wright]
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
For the salad
1 head Boston lettuce, torn into pieces
1/2 head radicchio, torn into pieces
One 6-ounce can imported tuna in olive oil
2 ripe plum tomatoes, quartered
2 hard-boiled eggs, shelled and quartered
6 salted anchovy fillets, rinsed and cut in half
1 small red potato, boiled until tender, drained and cut into eighths
20 imported black olives
For the vinaigrette
1/ 3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon herbes de Provence
1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
Arrange the lettuce and radicchio attractively on a large serving platter. Scatter the remaining salad ingredients decoratively around and on top of the lettuce. Whisk together the vinaigrette ingredients, and pour over the salad, and serve.
Posted: 02/25/2008