Tarte de blettes is the Nicois sweet Swiss chard tart with raisins, pine nuts and a dusting of sugar, the regional dessert that surprises visitors with its vegetable filling.
Tarte de blettes is the Nicois sweet version of the Swiss chard tart, an old country dessert that combines chard greens with raisins, pine nuts, sugar and sometimes apples in a sweet pastry shell. The Cuisine Nissarde label specifies the chard variety, the pine nut topping and the icing sugar dusting. Lou Balico is the canonical lunch address for the dessert.
4 editor picks for Tarte de Blettes in Nice, ranked by editorial score. All Nice signature dishes · Tarte de Blettes across every city.
La Merenda ★ 4.7
vieux-nice · 4 Rue Raoul Bosio, 06300 Nice
La Merenda in Vieux Nice runs Dominique Le Stanc's bench seat Nissard kitchen on Rue Raoul Bosio, the chef who walked away from a Michelin star at the Negresco to cook the city's grandmother dishes.
Acchiardo ★ 4.5
vieux-nice · 38 Rue Droite, 06300 Nice
Acchiardo on Rue Droite in Vieux Nice has cooked the family Nicoise canon since the close of the First World War, four generations under the Acchiardo name and a single sitting at lunch.
Cave de la Tour ★ 4.4
vieux-nice · 3 Rue de la Tour, 06300 Nice
Cave de la Tour on Rue de la Tour has poured local wines in Vieux Nice since 1947, four generations of the Gazan family and the home of the world petits farcis championship since 2012.
Lou Balico ★ 4.3
carre-d-or · 20 Avenue Saint Jean Baptiste, 06000 Nice
Lou Balico on Avenue Saint Jean Baptiste has cooked the Nicois family canon since 1979, the Cuisine Nissarde label across stockfish, homemade ravioli, ratatouille, stuffed courgette flowers and the sweet chard tart.