Baby green salad with tuna dressing and garlic anchovy crumbs
Ingredients
140g mesclun or other young salad leaves
3 spring onions or a small shallot
1 tbsp salted capers
80g best quality tinned tuna in olive oil e.g. Callipo
1 clove garlic
juice from half a lemon
3 tbsp crème fraîche
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
4 anchovy fillets
2 tsp olive oil (use the oil from the anchovy tin if you have it)
2 heaped tbsp breadcrumbs or Japanese panko crumbs
⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
What to do
Wash and spin dry the salad leaves and put them in a large bowl. Finely slice the onions or shallot, rinse and dry the capers and add both to the leaves.
Put the tuna with its oil into a small bowl, crush the garlic and use a fork to mash it into the tuna to make a smooth paste. Mix in the lemon juice, crème fraîche and olive oil and stir to combine.
Place a small pan over a low heat and add the anchovy fillets in their oil. As they heat up they will start to disintegrate into the oil. Add the breadcrumbs and the cayenne pepper and stir with a fork to coat the breadcrumbs in the anchovy oil mixture. Cook until the crumbs are browned and crisp then remove from the heat.
Toss the leaves in the tuna dressing, sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and serve immediately.