A composed salad (or salade composée in French) refers to a salad in which an assortment of ingredients are arranged aesthetically on a plate and drizzled with vinaigrette, rather than tossed with it.

This type of salad isn’t a sidekick to the main meal, but a meal in itself. A successful composed salad should have a balance of colors, flavors and textures. The possibilities are really endless.

One famous example is the salade niçoise, a specialty of Nice that includes crudités, hard-boiled eggs, anchovies, and sometimes tuna, rice, potatoes or green beans (although what properly constitutes a salade niçoise is a matter of personal taste and heated debate). Here’s our take on the salade niçoise.

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