Mixed Salad Liguria Style (Liguria)

Salads

Ingredients

Firm Ripe Tomatoes, peeled - 6 large

Sweet Pepper, cored and seeded - 1 large

Garlic, peeled - 3 cloves

Cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced - 1

Pearl onions, thinly sliced - 2

Basil leaves, chopped, to taste 

Anchovy fillets, finely chopped - 2 large

Oregano - pinch

Black olives, pitted - 12

Hard boiled eggs , quartered - 2

Salt and pepper

Tuna fish in oil, flaked - 1 small can

Olive oil, to dress salad

Cut the tomatoes into wedges. Cut the pepper into strips. Rub the salad bowl generously with the garlic cloves. Arrange in the bowl with all the remaining ingredients, rather than order given, althought this is not arbitrary, adding the olive oil last of all, and gently stir it into the salad. Leave for about 1 hour before using. Remove the garlic cloves, stir the salad again gently and serve.

Serves 6