Comments on: Provençal Chickpea Salad with Olives, Anchovies and Celery https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery French recipes made easy Mon, 30 Jun 2025 05:51:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Audrey https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-65985 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 05:51:36 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-65985 In reply to Elena Sansigre.

Sorry to hear that, Elena. I am not a huge salt person, I tend to personally undersalt my foods (which annoys my husband), so I have to assume it was an excess of salt from the Spanish olives and anchovies. The dish naturally is on the saltier side, so any “additional” salts could throw off the balance. I’m glad you enjoy the mix of flavors, and the next time we can reduce the salt 🙂

]]> By: Elena Sansigre https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-65952 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:59:19 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-65952 Too much salt! It made it impossible to eat: maybe the anchovies and black olives come with more salt in Spain but we had to reduce the strong flavour with some plain white cheese. Other than that, very nice combination.

]]> By: Audrey https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-65275 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:05:12 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-65275 In reply to Linda.

Very much appreciate the words of support, Linda. Enjoy browsing the recipes and I hope you’ll get to try some soon 🙂

]]> By: Linda https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-65263 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:52:00 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-65263 Beautiful site and recipes!

]]> By: Nina https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-61540 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 01:00:06 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-61540 ]]> Thanks 😊

]]> By: Audrey https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-49875 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:00:29 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-49875 In reply to michelle.

Hello, Michelle! Great question… I’ll definitely add this to my list of things to go back and make changes to. So the olives used are dried black olives, and not just the canned black olives in water. This type of olive is usually packed in salt, or vacuum sealed. The taste is quite different between them. That’s what is ideally used in this recipe.

That said, if you don’t like those either, you could absolutely try with greek olives. It wouldn’t be “authenticly” French per se, but would absolutely still be delicious in my opinion… But then again, I love all types of olives 🙂

Good luck!

]]> By: michelle https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-49868 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:45:46 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-49868 in your traditional chickpea salad, you include black olives. my guess is that you mean French black olives. I do not care for American black olives and do not know where to
purchase French olives. can I substitute with Greek olives?

]]> By: Audrey https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-45254 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 03:19:40 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-45254 In reply to Rob.

Absolutely have used sardines in this as well, and really liked it (though admittedly, I prefer anchovies). Smoked mackerel could be a nice choice, but would definitely need some bright acidity, I agree.

So glad you enjoyed it, Rob!

]]> By: Rob https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/provencal-chickpea-salad-with-olives-anchovies-and-celery/#comment-45253 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 02:01:47 +0000 https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/?p=49681#comment-45253 I made it with sardines because my wife doesn’t like anchovies and worked well. I’m thinking smoked mackerel would be great in this but would probably need to be cut with some lemon.

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