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Spanish country salad with chickpeas

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Ingredients
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Techniques
  • 500 g potatoes
  • water
Cut the peeled potatoes into half inch bite sized pieces.
  • sea salt
Put them in a flat layer in a stock pot, add water to barely cover, season generously with sea salt and heat on high.
  • 2 whole eggs
  • water
Put the eggs in a saucepan with water to barely cover and heat on high; once it boils, cover, turn off the heat and leave them 10 to 11 minutes.
Boil the potatoes 10 to 15 minutes until just cooked through; do not overcook them or they break apart.
Drain the potatoes in a colander and leave them to cool.
  • 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 15 ml sherry vinegar
  • 5 g Dijon mustard
  • 1 cloves garlic
In a bowl, whisk the olive oil, sherry vinegar, Dijon mustard, grated garlic, sea salt and black pepper together.
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 jar cooked chickpeas
Drain the jarred chickpeas in a colander and rinse under water.
Cut the red onion into slivers, finely chop the red and green bell peppers, roughly chop the tomatoes and finely chop the hard boiled eggs.
  • 1 whole red onion
  • 1 whole red bell pepper
  • 1 whole green bell pepper
  • 2 whole roma tomatoes
Put the boiled potatoes, chickpeas and chopped eggs in a large bowl.
  • 150 g green pitted olives
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
Add the chopped vegetables and the green olives, pour in the dressing and season with sea salt and black pepper.
Assembling and tasting
Mix gently; serve at room temperature or chilled. It holds 3 to 4 days in the fridge.