Exploring Nice and the Surrounding Area

Melon, tomato and ham salad

We ate this remarkable dish on the Ile de Ré off the coast of southern Brittany, so it’s not necessarily local. But the orange-fleshed melons grow abundantly around Nice, and the large tomatoes are easy to find on the market. It’s the combination of sweetness, saltiness and garlic that make this salad a winner. Ingredients 1 large orange-fleshed melon, nice…   Read on >

Haricots mi-secs à la tomate

“Haricots mi-secs” are those scruffy red-marbled borlotti beans you see on the market. Not much to look at, they taste like heaven when done the right way. These beans are fully grown and only part-dried so they con’t need to be soaked before use. Delicious accompaniment to meat, fish or shellfish. Ingredients 1kg unshelled weight1 large tomato, cut in quarters2…   Read on >