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 6 people, you will need:
  • 1 broad beans 1 13 cup broad beans
  • 2 tomato 4 tomatoes
  • 3 black olives 3 tablespoons black olives
  • 4 anchovy fillet 1 ½ tablespoon anchovy fillet
  • 5 radishes ¼ cup radishes
  • 6 red onion ¼ cup red onion
  • 7 tuna in oil 23 cup tuna in oil
  • 8 hard-boiled egg 4 hard-boiled eggs
  • 9 olive oil 6 tablespoons olive oil
  • 10 vinegar 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 11 salt salt
  • 12 pepper pepper

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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 1 13 cup 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 4 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 3 tablespoons black olives and chop roughly.

Cut 1 ½ tablespoon anchovy fillet into pieces.

Stage 5 - 10 min.
Salade Niçoise
Prepare ¼ cup red onion, chop finely and put into a salad bowl.

Add ¼ cup radishes in thin slices.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Salade Niçoise
Add 23 cup tuna in oil (drained), the olives and anchovies.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
Salade Niçoise
Add the tomatoes and 4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced or quartered.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Salade Niçoise
Finish by adding the dressing made with 6 tablespoons olive oil, 2 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 recipe90 RDI=30 %70 RDI=6 %160 RDI=20 %2,010 RDI=100 %8,440 RDI: 100 %
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 6 people : 6.25 €
  • Per person : 1.05 €

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