Summer Beef Salad Nicoise

Ingredients

• 450-675g lean topside or mini roast joint
• ½oz softened butter
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 4 tablespoons freshly chopped chives
• 3 medium eggs, hard-boiled and roughly chopped
• 15 small new potatoes, halved and cooked
• 100g fine green beans, topped, tailed and blanched
• 3 little Gem lettuces, roughly torn
• 10-12 black olives, halved
• 1 red onion, peeled and finely sliced
• 4-6 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 tablespoons freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley
• Few caper berries, to garnish, optional

• For the dressing:

• 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 175ml extra virgin olive oil
• 2 small garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped