Salade Niçoise with Olive Oil-Poached Albacore Tuna

Ingredients

• One 12 oz pack Sea to Table Atlantic Albacore Tuna
• Extra virgin olive oil, enough to cover tuna in pan
• Strips of lemon zest from ½ lemon
• 4 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 thyme sprig
• Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
• Salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• Pinch salt
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 small cloves garlic, minced
• 5-8 basil leaves, chopped
• Fresh fava beans (or green beans)
• ½ head of bibb or boston lettuce
• 3 medium tomatoes, sliced and gently salted
• 3-5 radishes, sliced
• ½ red or green bell pepper, sliced
• ½ small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and sliced
• ¼ red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• ¼ cup pitted black olives
• 2 seven-minute eggs (a.k.a. just barely hard-boiled), peeled and quartered