Spaghetti Nicoise

Spaghetti Nicoise
The Classic French Salad In A Pasta!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes

 

Ingredients
1 box spaghetti, fresh or dried
3 hard boiled eggs, quartered
1 jar Italian tuna in olive oil
1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted, halved
1 cup sun dried tomatoes in olive oil, chopped
2 cups Haricots Verts, blanched & sliced
4 anchovy fillets
3 tbsp capers
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp olive oil
salt
pepper
Parmesan cheese shaving, garnish

Cooking Tools
Large stock pot
Large skillet

Directions
Cook pasta in salted water in large stock pot according to directions.  In a large skillet, add; olive oil, garlic and anchovy fillets.  Cook on medium-low heat until garlic is slightly tender and anchovies start to melt in the olive oil. Add tuna with the oil, olives, sun dried tomatoes, blanched Haricots Verts, capers and cook for an additional 5 minutes.  Add drained cooked pasta, flat leaf parsley and lemon juice, toss until pasta is coated in the olive oil.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Place pasta mixture into serving bowls, add quartered hard boiled eggs and garnish with Parmesan cheese.
Serves 4