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Tuna Nicoise Sandwich

Ingredients

  • 2 cn Italian tuna packed in olive
  • oil (6 1/2 ounce size each)
  • VINAIGRETTE DRESSING-------------------------
  • Olive oil
  • 2 ts Fresh oregano leaves
  • 1/4 ts Salt
  • 1/4 ts Pepper
  • 3 tb Red-wine vinegar
  • 1 Clove garlic
  • 1 ts Dijon mustard
  • OTHER INGREDIENTS--------------------------
  • 1 Red pepper; roasted, peeled,
  • cored, seeded, and juliennd
  • 1 Yellow pepper; treated same
  • as red
  • 1 Pickled jalapeno; seeded
  • minced
  • 1/4 c Diced red onion
  • 2 tb Chopped pitted olives
  • Calamata
  • 2 tb Capers
  • 12 oz Loaf italian bread; halved
  • 1 bn Watercress; trimmed

Directions

1. Make dressing: Drain oil from tuna into glass measure; add oil
to make 1/3 cup. Reserve tuna for sandwich. Place oil in blender
with remaining ingredients; blend.

2. In bowl, mix vegetables, olives, and capers. Remove some soft
inside from bread; discard (or freeze for stuffing?). Brush inside
loaf with some dressing; add remainder to pepper mixture. Mix in
tuna gently, leaving chucks.

3. Grill bread, oiled side down, until toasted. Pile tuna mixture
onto toasted sides. Top with watercress; close.