Italian Tuna Salad Sandwiches W/ Black Olive Dressing

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
• 3/4 cup black olives, pitted and chopped (such as gaeta, calamata and nicoise)
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 anchovy fillets, minced (optional)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 6 ounces snow peas
• 2 (6 ounce) cans imported olive tuna packed in oil, drained (should read imported olive oil-packed tuna)
• 4 crusty rolls, halved or 1 baguette, halved, four 6-inch slices
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 medium tomatoes, sliced 1/3-inch thick
• 4 hard-cooked eggs, sliced 1/4-inch thick

Recipe

• 1 combine first 7 ingredients in a small mixing bowl. season with salt and pepper.
• 2 blanch the snow peas for 1 minute in a small pot of boiling water. drain and rinse under cold water. pat dry. slice snow peas lengthwise into 1/4" strips and toss with 1 tablespoon of the olive dressing.
• 3 separate tuna with a fork in a medium bowl. add 6 tablespoons of the dressing and toss.
• 4 spread insides of the rolls or baguette pieces with the remaining dressing.
• 5 on the bottom halves, arrange snow peas, then onion, then tomatoes, tuna. top tuna with sliced eggs.
• 6 close sandwiches and serve.