"Niçoise" means from Nice, a town in France. A salad Niçoise has niçoise olives, which are small and purple in color. The attached link shows a better salad Niçoise than what is served in most restaurants here or in France. Check this page from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niçoise_salad
Some popular ingredients in a traditional Nicoise salad that features Nicoise olives are tuna, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, green beans, and potatoes.
A suitable substitute for Nicoise olives in a traditional Salade Nicoise recipe would be Kalamata olives. They have a similar briny flavor and texture that can complement the other ingredients in the salad.
Some popular recipes that feature Nicoise olives as a key ingredient include Nicoise salad, tapenade, and Mediterranean pasta dishes.
Nicoise Salad.
Kalamata olives can be used as a substitute for Nicoise olives in a salad or recipe. They have a similar briny flavor and texture that can work well as a replacement.
According to other websites, the Kalamata olive may be substituted for a nicoise olive. Since a nicoise is cured in brine and packed in olive oil and the Kalamata is not packed in olive oil, I am not sure that it is an exact substitute, however.
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you can find anchovies in a 'salade niçoise' or some crumbs of tuna, but no sardines.
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A pan bagnat is a sandwich originating in southern France, consisting of Nicoise salad in a circular bun.
It is usually eaten cold, but it can also be eaten with warm elements added to the salad.
'niçoise' is the feminine adjective for 'originating from Nice', a town on the Mediterranean sea.