nicoise

French coastal style

Niçoise (from Nice, France) describes dishes prepared in the style of that Mediterranean city's cuisine.

A niçoise salad combines tuna, olives, anchovies, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and green beans.

The term appears in other preparations featuring similar ingredients: olives niçoise, chicken niçoise.

Usually follows the noun it modifies.

salad

tuna

Large edible ocean fish

anchoviesSmall, oily, cured fish
green beansEdible immature legume pods
hard-boiled eggsPoultry ova cooked through

vinaigrette · olives · tomatoes · potatoes · capers · lettuce · composed · salade · plated · classic

olive

brine

Water saturated with sodium

pittedSeed removed, or opposed
smallLimited in size
blackDarkest possible hue

wrinkled · cured · tapenade · ripe · tangy · briny · firm · Mediterranean · salty · dark

Provençal

Côte d'Azur

Southeastern French Mediterranean coast

RivieraFamous Mediterranean coastline
coastalOf the shoreline
MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia

regional · traditional · Cannes · Antibes · seaside · cuisine · herbes de Provence · sunny · rustic · local

Categories

French cuisinebaguette, croissant, coq au vin, crepe suzette, croissants
olivesolives, olive, olive tree, olive trees, olive grove
olive varietieskalamata, Lugano, mission

Opposites

salad style/structure

nicoisetossed salad

Mixed raw vegetables, dressed

mixed greens · garden salad · house salad · chopped salad · mesclun

regional cuisine origin

nicoiseNordic

Of northern Europe

Cantonese · Tex-Mex · Japanese · Scandinavian · Alsatian

Phrases

nicoise saladProvençal tuna and vegetable dish
salade nicoiseMediterranean tuna and vegetable arrangement

Family

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