Deconstructed Tuna Nicoise Salad

A deconstructed version of the French classic, Nicoise Salad made with fresh Tuna and Quail eggs, making it a complete meal for a quick & healthy lunch.
A deconstructed version of the French classic, Nicoise Salad made with fresh Tuna and Quail eggs, making it a complete meal for a quick & healthy lunch.
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Recipe Card
Method of Preparation:
- Cook potato for 12min then put into ice water.
- Blanch tomato for 45 seconds then put into ice water. Peel, deseed, and make small balls.
- Make small balls out of cucumber and mix in with tomato, add salt and pepper and make a salsa.
- Cut potato slices and keep together.
- Cut mange tout into julienne.
- Tuna, spice up tuna, wrap in cling film and put in the fridge for 15 min, then lightly oil a non-stick pan and pan-fry the tuna for 1 min.
- Plate up ingredients as desired.
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Chef Sergio Freitas

In his journey of becoming a premier emerging chef at the famous Michelangelo Hotels under the guidance of the renowned celebrity chef Andrew Atkinson to becoming a new age culinary entrepreneur, Sergio Freitas developed & extended his skills both to explore, experience and push his limits over a period of over 16 years in culinary.
He loves to mix things up to create new textures & flavours that are not widely expected to be seen or experienced on a plate in a surprisingly complementing way.
Sergio always wanted to give back to the industry that made him what he is today, and joined ICCA Dubai as a Chef Instructor to share his knowledge with the future of the culinary industry.