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Mesclun

Traditional dish from France

Vegetarian

About Mesclun

salad mix

Mesclun is a mix of assorted small young salad greens that originated in Provence, France. The traditional mix includes chervil, arugula, leafy lettuces and endive, while the term mesclun may also refer to a blend that might include some or all of these four and baby spinach, collard greens, Swiss chard, mustard greens, dandelion greens, frisée, mizuna, mâche, radicchio, sorrel, or other fresh leaf vegetables.

Cuisine Type

  • cuisine niçoise

Components

  • Lactuca sativa
  • Spinacia oleracea
  • garden chervil
  • corn salad
  • Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa
  • Cichorium endivia
  • Portulaca oleracea
  • Cichorium intybus
  • radicchio

Dietary Information

✓ Vegetarian friendly
Traditional France cuisine

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