Considering salad niçoise is one of my all-time favourite summer dishes, don’t ask me why I have only just discovered the wonders of the pan bagnat! Hailing from Nice in the south of France, this glorious sandwich boasts everything we love about the iconic salad. It’s got the juiciest tomatoes, the perfect snap of a green bean, a salty punch of anchovy and – of course – a perfectly fudgy hard-boiled egg.
I’m not French, so I can’t claim to speak with authority about the magnificent sandwich, but if you’re after some cold, hard traditional facts, head in the direction of the ‘Commune Libre du Pan Bagnat’; an association formed in 1991 for the defence and promotion of pan bagnat (a very worthy cause). In the meantime, consider this my love letter; my homage to the great sandwich.
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