Cundiun
 


Serves 4


A   classic  lunch  dish  found   on the French and Italian rivieras. It can be made with chicken, rabbit,   beef   or pork. This is a   great   way   to    use leftover   meat   from your dinner the night   before…just skip the first step of   cooking   the   chicken.  Maurizio recommends an ice-cold rose wine to accompany this salad.


 
1 whole chicken, boiled and skinned
3 large capsicum peppers, assorted
  colors if available
1 bunch celery, trimmed, cleaned and
  peel the outside skin
4 large tomatoes
3 hardboiled eggs, quartered
2 medium size white potatoes, boiled
  and sliced
6 anchovies packed in salt, rinsed
  and filleted
12 nicoise olives
125 grams/ ½ cup basil leaves
60 grams/ 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley,
  minced
extra virgin olive oil
red wine vinegar
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste 









 

      Clean and trim the wing tips of the chicken and rinse well. Place the chicken in a large pot of cold, salted water. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the water and let cool. Then separate the skin from the meat and remove the meat from the bone. Tear the meat into bite size pieces. Set aside.

       To prepare the peppers, roast on a grill or under a broiler, until the skin is blackened. Remove and place in a plastic bag to cool. Then peel off the skin. Do not rinse. Clean the inside and slice into 1-centimeter strips. Set aside. Slice the cleaned celery stalks into 4-centimeter pieces.

To assemble the cundiun:

       Place the chicken in the center of a serving platter. Arrange the peppers, celery, tomatoes, potatoes, and hardboiled eggs around the meat. Then garnish with the anchovies and nicoise olives. Sprinkle the basil leaves and parsley over all. Drizzle with the olive oil and red wine vinegar.


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