Charred Green Beans With Spicy Tonnato Sauce

Ingredient

600g green beans, trimmed
1 Tablespoon Red Island olive oil, plus extra to serve
½ teaspoon sea salt
1/3 cup Pistachio nuts, chopped
½ bunch dill sprigs to serve
Cracked black pepper to serve

Spicy Tonnato Sauce:
90g good quality tuna in olive oil (Sirena)
1 hard-boiled egg, peeled, roughly chopped
¼ cup whole egg mayonnaise
2 anchovy fillets in oil, drained 2 teaspoons baby capers
2 teaspoons lemon zest
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 long green chili, diced, plus extra to serve
60ml Red Island olive oil

Method

To make the tonnato sauce, place the tuna and its oil, plus all the other sauce ingredients into a small food processor. Season with a small pinch of sea salt and blend until smooth, adding a little extra olive oil if the mixture is too thick. Set aside.

Heat a non-stick frying pan or BBQ grill to high. Toss the beans in the oil and a pinch of sea salt and grill, turning for 5 minutes, or until charred and tender.

To serve, spread half the tonnato sauce onto the base of a serving platter. Top with the beans and drizzle over some extra sauce. Scatter with pistachio nuts, dill, cracked black pepper and an extra drizzle of olive oil.

Recipe by Courtney Roulston