Quail egg salad with gherkins, watercress and tomato

Babiche Martens

Ingredients

12	Quail eggs
1 splash	Olive oil
4 handfuls	Watercress
8	New potatoes, (boiled and sliced)
4	Tomatoes, (de-seeded and finely diced)
3	Gerkin, (thinly sliced)

Dressing

1 Tbsp	Olive oil
½ Tbsp	Sherry vinegar
1 pinch	Caster sugar
1 tsp	Dijon mustard
1 to taste	Salt & freshly ground pepper

Directions

1. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan, crack the eggs and gently drop into the pan. Let cook for a couple of minutes until just set.
2. In a large bowl, add the watercress, potatoes, gherkins and tomatoes.
3. Whisk the dressing ingredients together and dress the salad. Present attractively on individual plates.