Name: Green Bean Salad with Tuna Sauce and Olives
Yield: Makes 4 side-dish servings
Ingredients: 1 pound green beans, trimmed; 1 (3-ounce) can white tuna packed in oil, drained and flaked; 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons water; 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon anchovy paste; 2 tablespoons Niçoise or other small brine-cured black olives; 2 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

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Green Bean Salad with Tuna Sauce and OlivesRomulo Yanes

The tuna sauce for this salad is based on the Northern Italian tonnato— a summer sauce served over chilled veal roast. You could use light tuna, but white tuna makes the sauce a more attractive color.

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