What is in season in Nice, and what to order when the market changes.

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Carnaval de Nice

9-28 Feb 2027Ganses pastry and Carnaval treats

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Spring

Courgette flowers
The City of Nice recipe card for courgette fritters gives March to September; the flowers are also stuffed as petits farcis, and La Merenda and Lou Balico list courgette flower fritters.
Violet artichokes
Small violet artichokes go raw, thinly sliced, into the City of Nice's recipes for salade nicoise and pan bagnat when in season; the salad card gives spring and summer.
Festivals this seasonFestin des CougourdonsExpected 28 Mar 2027

Summer

Sardines
Stuffed sardines, filled with chard, cheese and breadcrumbs and baked, are on the City of Nice's list of specialities, and La Merenda lists sardines farcies on its menu.
Tomatoes
The City of Nice dates its ratatouille to July to October and its farcis to summer; both are built on ripe tomatoes, and salade nicoise adds them raw.
Figs (Solliès)
Figue de Solliès, a black fig grown in the Var east of Toulon, holds AOC status and is harvested from 15 August to 15 November.
Festivals this seasonNice Jazz FestivalExpected 23-25 Jul 2027

Autumn

Chestnuts (Provence)
Maison Auer, opposite the Opera at 7 Rue Saint Francois de Paule, is known for candied chestnuts among its fruit and chocolates, and its site shows an autumn collection that includes a chestnut confection.
Wild mushrooms (Provencal)
Ceps (Boletus edulis) are on sale fresh in autumn across Europe, and Lou Balico lists ravioli with a cep sauce.

Winter

Citrus (Menton)
The Menton lemon (a protected geographical indication since 2015) is picked from December, with the harvest stepping up in January before the Fete du Citron; Maison Auer candies lemon, orange and clementine.
Ganses (Carnaval)
Ganses are fried knots of sweet dough made for the Carnaval de Nice and Mardi Gras; the 2027 Carnaval runs from 9 to 28 February.
Truffle (Provence)
Aups, in the Var, holds a black truffle festival each January (the 33rd edition was on 24 and 25 January 2026) and a producers' market on winter Thursdays.
Festivals this seasonCarnaval de Nice9-28 Feb 2027Fete du Citron Menton13-28 Feb 2027

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