6 poached nicoise Recipes

bay leaves, kosher salt, black peppercorns, white wine, skin-on wild salmon fillet pieces (1 to 1 1/2 in. thick ), garlic cloves, minced, whole-grain mustard, champagne vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, chopped flat-leaf parsley, chopped basil, sea salt to taste, watercress , root ends trimmed, leaving stems intact, yellow-skinned new potatoes , boiled until tender and cut in half, hard-cooked eggs, cut into quarters, haricots verts (french green beans) or regular green beans, trimmed and boiled until tender-crisp, pitted nicoise olives, roma tomatoes , cut into lengthwise wedges

green beans (trimmed & halved ), mixed salad leaves, cucumber (thinly sliced ), ripe tomatoes (quartered ), canned anchovies (drained ) - optional, eggs (hard-boiled & quartered or poached ), tuna in brine, salt & ground black pepper, black olives - optional, dressing, extra virgin olive oil, garlic cloves (crushed ), white wine vinegar

olive oil, stems fresh thyme, lemon, bay leaves, garlic, tuna , such as ahi or yellowtail, 1 inch-thick2 ribs celery, finely chopped or 1/2 small bulb fennel, finely chopped, red onion, chopped, fresh chile pepper, finely chopped, sweet pepper, finely chopped, nicoise or other pitted black olives, fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped, capers, fresh tarragon, finely chopped, seafood seasoning , such as old bay seasoning, very sharp white cheddar or gruyere cheese, brioche rolls or lobster rolls, split

brown (cremini ) mushrooms, quartered, chopped pitted kalamata olives, dry vermouth, fennel, trimmed and thinly sliced, red and/or yellow tomatoes, coarsely chopped, olive oil, salmon fillet or pieces, skin and pin bones removed, seasoning salt, water