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Baby spinach salad

It might not be obvious, but spinach can be eaten raw, as in this salad, where the leaves are shredded and mixed with croutons, lardons (bacon bits) and hard-boiled eggs.

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Last modified on: June 12^th 2019

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 3 spring onions (scallions)
2 5 cups fresh spinach
3 3 slices bread
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 1 ¹⁄₃ cup small pieces of bacon
6 6 hard-boiled eggs
7 parsley
8 15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel, rinse and slice 3 spring onions (scallions).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 5 cups fresh spinach, but do not cook.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Shred the spinach.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Cut 3 slices bread into small cubes.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 1 ¹⁄₃ cup small pieces of bacon.

Fry until lightly browned, stirring frequently, then transfer to a plate, leaving the fat in the pan. Put the pan back on the heat.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Put the bread cubes into the pan and fry in the bacon fat until golden brown.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Slice 6 hard-boiled eggs.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Put the spinach, croutons, lardons and eggs into a salad bowl.

Add the parsley and 15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette). Mix well and your baby spinach salad is ready.

Remarks

It is best to use very tender spinach leaves, are ideally the very young "baby" leaves, or at least the smallest ones.

Keeping

Should be eaten the day it is made.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,228 Kcal or 17,702 Kj	92 gr	172 gr	407 gr
211 %	35 %	16 %	62 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
163 Kcal or 682 Kj	4 gr	7 gr	16 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
352 Kcal or 1,474 Kj	8 gr	14 gr	34 gr
18 %	3 %	1 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Egg, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 8.24 €
Per person : 0.69 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to prepare spinach, Fresh spinach with cream, Mixed vegetable curry, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm haricot bean salad, Rabbit with mustard, Pasta with mustard-cream sauce, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Dipping bread with cheese, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leeks in vinaigrette , Polish-style beetroot salad, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Comtoise endive salad, Red cabbage salad with chives, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken pie, Julia salad, Langres-style spinach, Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, Spinach Croque-monsieur , ... All

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