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“Tomatoes, eggs, olives, anchovies or tuna, dressed with olive oil. Simple. Disputed. Beloved.”

Salade niçoise

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Salade niçoise (French pronunciation: [salad niswaz]; Occitan: salada niçarda, pronounced [saˈlaðo niˈsaɾðo], or salada nissarda in the Niçard dialect) is a salad that originated in the French city of Nice. It is traditionally made of tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, Niçoise olives and anchovies or tuna, dressed with olive oil or, in some historical versions, a vinaigrette. It has been popular worldwide since the early 20th century, and has been prepared and discussed by many chefs. Delia Smith called it "one of the best combinations of salad ingredients ever invented" and Gordon Ramsay said that "it must be the finest summer salad of all". Salade niçoise can be served either as a composed salad or as a tossed salad. Freshly cooked or canned tuna may be added. For decades, traditionalists and innovators have disagreed over which ingredients should be included; traditionalists exclude cooked vegetables. The salad may include raw red peppers, shallots, artichoke hearts and other seasonal raw

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Salade niçoise emerges from Nice as a meditation on simplicity—tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, Niçoise olives, and anchovies or tuna, bound by olive oil into something that's traveled the world since the early 1900s. The salad lives in two forms: composed, where each ingredient holds its own space on the plate, or tossed, where they mingle. What makes it endure is this: traditionalists and innovators have argued for decades about what belongs in the bowl, yet somehow both camps keep reaching for it.

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  • versatile—works as composed or tossed
  • adaptable to seasons and regional variations
  • globally popular since early 20th century

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