This
is the salad I tasted at Nice, the famous ritzy vacation spot on the Cote
d'Azur on the Southern French Riviera, France. In the summer heat you can sit
in one of many beach front restaurant, relax and turn a salad Niçoise into an
enjoyable light meal. It’s so tasty I can’t forget! So I’m going to share with everybody here, the
famous Salade Niçoise- salad with the taste of the beach J
It
is a mixed salad consisting
of various vegetables topped
with tuna, anchovies and Niçoise Cailletier small black olives. Finally the salad is served with vinaigrette. Tasty, nutritious, low calories. Tuna is very high in Omega 3 & 6, good for your heart. The French, especially in the Nice area, will
clearly state no cooked vegetables are to be used- "la salade Niçoise ne
contient pas de légumes cuits." Yup babe, you got me, It’s RAW.
For me, eating is to have fun! So, you can do some modification to the traditional version of "la salade niçoise" by adding the
ingredients you enjoy and/or remove certain items that might be less tasty to
your palate. It's up to you, bon appetit. J
Ingredients
(For 2 servings ) :
2 eggs
100g
French beans
100g
red pepper
100g
radish (or carrot)
100g
tomatoes
100g
sliced, stoned black olives
1
x 200g canned tuna chunk in brine water (not in mayonnaise!!)
250g
iceberg lettuce pieces
4-6
anchovy fillets (optional), canned in oil
Vinaigrette:
2
tablespoons white wine vinegar (or lemon juice)
1
teaspoons Dijon mustard
4
teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
pinch
of French salt & pepper to taste
2
young cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed until paste
Preparation:
1.
Put
the eggs in a panful of cold water, bring to the boil and let bubble for 7
minutes. Three minutes in, add the French beans.
2.
Drain
both the beans and eggs; let eggs sit in a bowl under running cold water, and
hold the beans in a sieve just under the tap for a moment, too, so that eggs
and beans stop cooking and the beans get cold.
3.
Cut
other ingredients (radish, red pepper, lettuce, olive, tomato, French bean)
into smaller pieces and mix them in a salad bowl.
4.
Peel
and quarter the almost but not quite hard-boiled eggs and put it on top of the
salad along with the tuna chunk, olive & anchovy fillets (if using).
5. Make the Vinaigrette dressing: whisk in the olive oil, mustard, white wine vinegar, smashed garlic, salt, pepper and pour over the salad.
5. Make the Vinaigrette dressing: whisk in the olive oil, mustard, white wine vinegar, smashed garlic, salt, pepper and pour over the salad.
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| The beautiful sea coast & beach of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France. Do you like my photography? I'm still learning to use my DSLR camera. Teach me. Thanks :) |
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| The beautiful sea coast & beach of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France |
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| The beautiful sea coast & beach of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France |
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| In the early dawn...Sun is rising at the beautiful sea coast of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France. Do you like my photography? I'm still learning to use my DSLR camera. Teach me. Thanks :) |
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| The beautiful sea coast of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France. Do you like my photography? I'm still learning to use my DSLR camera. Teach me. Thanks :) |
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| Beautiful sea coast and beach of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France. Do you like my photography? I'm still learning to use my DSLR camera. Teach me. Thanks :) |
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| Beautiful sea coast and beach of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France. Do you like my photography? I'm still learning to use my DSLR camera. Teach me. Thanks :) |
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| In the early dawn...Sun is rising at the beautiful sea coast of Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France. Do you like my photography? I'm still learning to use my DSLR camera. Teach me. Thanks :) |
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| With my friend at the beautiful Nice, Cote d'Azur of French Riviera, Southern France |
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