What is Pan-Bagnat?
Pan-Bagnat is a kind of sandwich that has been invented in France. It is a specialty in Nice, a city in the south of France, which borders with the Mediterranean. The sandwich is made of Niçoise salad on a crunchy bun. The bread used for sandwich is usually abundant, craft bread, so the texture is crunchy and chewing. The bun is traditionally round, although some variations on the sandwich use different shapes of bread.
Niçoise salad, Pan-Bagnat filling, is made of leafy vegetables such as watercress, arugula or rocket, which are complemented by olives-especially olives of niçoise-a especially boiled eggs. A quail is sometimes used instead of chicken eggs. The salad can be complemented by other vegetables including artist hearts, raw red peppers, stewed green beans and shallots. The main protein in the bowl is tuna. In some modern variants of the bowl, a belt tuna is used instead of a preserved tuna. Salad is an ophthen decorated with tinned with anchovies and dressed with Dijon vinaigrette.
When niçoise salad is served on crispy bread to form a Pan-Bagnat, the ingredients are usually layered on a sandwich. There are usually more vegetables and vegetables in the traditional Niçoise salad than tuna. The ratio is turned in Pan-Bagnat, which usually includes more tuna with merely decorating vegetables that usually occurs in Niçoise salad. Also, while olives, anchovies and dijon bandages can be separate in the salad niçoise, these three ingredients can be mixed together for use on Pan-Bagnat.
Many people who are serious about the debate on French cuisine discussing accurate ingredients that should be used to create a proper Pan-Bagnat. Some argue about using salad or leaf green and whether they should be used on a sandwich. In addition, there is a common variation on the niçoiseslate, which includes the addition of boiled potatoes to the salad. This variation is quite common in American restaurants.It is largely agreed that it is not an original recipe.
Since there are variations of recipe for niçoise salad, there are therefore variations on the recipe for Pan-Bagnat. Although most sandwiches are made without boiled potatoes, some are. It is also possible to find variations of sandwiches that include sweet corn as a folder.