Salade Niçoise


Salade Niçoise
Salade Niçoise is a typical Mediterranean dish that originated around the French city of Nice.

As there is no real "official" recipe, everyone has their own personal version. This is mine.
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Last modified on: June 7th 2018
For 12 people, you will need:
  • 1 broad beans 600 g broad beans
  • 2 tomato 8 tomatoes
  • 3 black olives 80 g black olives
  • 4 anchovy fillet 40 g anchovy fillet
  • 5 radishes 100 g radishes
  • 6 red onion 100 g red onion
  • 7 tuna in oil 250 g tuna in oil
  • 8 hard-boiled egg 8 hard-boiled eggs
  • 9 olive oil 12 tablespoons olive oil
  • 10 vinegar 4 tablespoons vinegar
  • 11 salt salt
  • 12 pepper pepper
  • Total weight: 2,610 grams

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 40 min.
Cooking: 3 min.
All in all: 40 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 3 min.
Salade Niçoise
Shell 600 g broad beans and blanch in boiling water for 3 minutes...

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Salade Niçoise
...to make removing the skin easier. Nip off the little budding shoot as well. Set aside.

Stage 3 - 10 min.
Salade Niçoise
Prepare 8 tomatoes, quarter and cut each quarter in half again lengthways.

Sprinkle with fine salt and set aside.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Salade Niçoise
Remove the stones from 80 g black olives and chop roughly.

Cut 40 g anchovy fillet into pieces.

Stage 5 - 10 min.
Salade Niçoise
Prepare 100 g red onion, chop finely and put into a salad bowl.

Add 100 g radishes in thin slices.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Salade Niçoise
Add 250 g tuna in oil (drained), the olives and anchovies.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
Salade Niçoise
Add the tomatoes and 8 hard-boiled eggs, sliced or quartered.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Salade Niçoise
Finish by adding the dressing made with 12 tablespoons olive oil, 4 tablespoons vinegar, salt and pepper.

Stage 9
Salade Niçoise
Your Salade Niçoise is ready. Best served not too cold.
Remarks
You will notice that this recipe contains neither potatoes nor green beans, which to my mind aren't sufficiently Mediterranean to be included.

As with any salad recipe, the amounts are only approximate, so do adapt it to suit yourself.
And to drink?
A rosé from Provence.
Keeping: A few hours in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe170 RDI=70 %140 RDI=10 %310 RDI=50 %4,030 RDI=200 %16,870 RDI: 200 %
Per 100 g6 RDI=3 %5 RDI=0 %10 RDI=2 %150 RDI=8 %650 RDI: 8 %
Per person10 RDI=5 %10 RDI=1 %30 RDI=4 %340 RDI=20 %1,410 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish, egg, Sulfites
How much will it cost?
  • For 12 people : 12.50 €
  • Per person : 1.05 €

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