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April 6, 2017

Provencal Classics: Pissaladière

A new take on the Niçoise classic – pissaladière. No anchovies in this one, but still plenty of caramelized onions, that are joined by sunny squash, a bit of cheese, and hazelnuts.

Pissaladière is a savory bread similar to, but thinner than a focaccia. The pissaladière is now most often served as an appetizer or an accompaniment to aperitifs, but, in the past, it was traditionally cooked and sold early each morning around Nice.

I love this new, lighter version of this Provençal classic and can see myself making it all summer long with beautiful summer squashes – I hope you love it too. Feel free to experiment with different toppings – you can, certainly, re-introduce a few olives or use different nuts, if you prefer.

{p.s} For more Provençal Classics in this series, check out these recipes for olive tapenade and pot-au-feu.


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Provencal Classics: Pissaladière
Author: Saffron & Honey
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: French
Prep time:  30 mins
Cook time:  10 mins
Total time:  40 mins
 
Pissaladière is a classic savory bread - here, it is updated with sunny squash, parmesan cheese, and hazelnuts.
Ingredients
  • pizza dough
  • 1 zucchini squash, thinly sliced in rounds
  • .25 cup parmesan cheese
  • 1 medium Spanish onion, thinly sliced in rounds
  • olive oil
  • salt, pepper
  • .25 cup hazelnuts, crushed
Instructions
  1. Sauté the zucchini first, in a large pan with a tiny bit of olive oil. Flip over once. Season lightly with salt and pepper and set aside.
  2. Now caramelize the onions - get the olive oil sizzling in a large pan, then add onions and coat them in the hot oil. Cook on medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until caramel-brown.
  3. In the meantime, preheat your oven to 475F or as high as your temperature setting will go. Roll out the pizza dough very thinly on a piece of parchment paper that you can later place directly on the oven rack. It should form a "rustic rectangle."
  4. Arrange zucchini and onion slices neatly on the pizza dough, leaving a half inch border around the edges. Top with parmesan cheese.
  5. Bake for about 10 minutes. Then top with crushed hazelnuts. Serve warm or cold.
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Serve warm or cooled. So perfect with a glass of wine this summer!

I am wishfully thinking towards summertime already…

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. thefolia says

    April 10, 2017 at 12:20 pm

    I love this dish I could eat it anytime of the day…happy feasting.

    Reply
    • saffronandhoney says

      April 10, 2017 at 5:45 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Teresa says

    May 20, 2017 at 7:18 am

    I like this take on this dish – the traditional version is delicious, but I’d make this one much more often, too.

    Reply
    • saffronandhoney says

      May 22, 2017 at 6:56 pm

      I find myself making this one more often, as well, Teresa – an easier version to enjoy everyday!

      Reply

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