Courgettes salad with tinned tuna and a light dressing

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 4 courgettes
• 2 1 shallot
• 3 200 g tuna in oil
• 4 200 g cottage (or curd) cheese
• 5 ½ lemon
• 6 1 bunch herbs of your choice
• 7 Salt
• 8 Pepper
• Total weight: 1,500 grams

Times:

Preparation
30 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Prepare 4 courgettes...
• 2: ... and cut them into small sticks if possible; otherwise, slice them thinly.
  Put them in a salad bowl.
• 3: Prepare the 1 shallot, chop it finely and add it to the salad bowl.
• 4: Add the 200 g tuna in oil, well drained, and shred it.
• 5: Prepare the sauce: in a bowl, add 200 g cottage (or curd) cheese, salt and pepper; whisk briefly, then add the juice and zest of ½ lemon – preferably organic – whisk again, then check the seasoning.
• 6: Finish by adding the chopped herbs, to taste.
• 7: Pour the dressing into the salad bowl, mix well, and your salad is ready.

Remarks

For a richer, but less light, sauce, replace 1/3 of the fromage frais with thick crème fraîche or cream cheese.
This is a very rough recipe, so feel free to adjust the quantities.

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