- Pissaladière
thumb|right|300px|Pissaladiere niçoisepizzaPissaladiere or "Pissaladina" ("pissaladiera" in
Provencal ) is a type ofpizza made in southern France, around the Nice,Marseilles ,Toulon and theVar District. Believed to have been introduced to the area by Roman cooks during the time of theAvignon Papacy , it can be considered a type of white pizza, as no tomatoes are used. The dough is usually thicker than that of the classic Italian pizza, and the topping consist of: sauteed (almost pureed)onion s and anchovies. No cheese is used, again unlike the Neapolitan pizza, however in the nearby Italian town of San Remomozzarella is added. Now served as an appetizer, it was traditionally cooked and sold early each morning.Another view held by food specialists is that pissaladiere is not a pizza, but a flat open-face tart garnished with onions, olives, anchovies and sometimes tomato. The etymology of the word seems to be from Old French pescion from the Latin piscis. cite book | last =David | first = Elizabeth| authorlink = | coauthors = | title =A Book of Mediterranean Food | publisher = Grub Street| date = 1999| location = London| pages =38/39 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1902304276]
References
External links
* [http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_21158,00.html Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2002]
* [http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/pissaladiere,1416,RC.html Delia Smiths's recipe, with UK & metric measures]
* [http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/braker/pissaladiere.htm Flo Braker's variant, with cheese]
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