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Pea and avocado salad

This very green salad recipe combines the soft texture of peas, avocado and hard-boiled eggs with the crunch of flaked almonds. Shavings of Mimolette add a colourful finishing touch with both flavour and bite.

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Last modified on: July 5^th 2020

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 90 g flakeds almonds
2 450 g peas
3 6 hard-boiled eggs
4 3 spring onions (scallions)
5 6 avocados
6 6 tablespoons lemon juice
7 90 g Mimolette
8 parsley
9 12 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 3,075 grams

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21 min.	8 min.	29 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Tip 90 g flakeds almonds into a small frying pan on high heat and toast them until they just begin to colour.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Cook 450 g peas in a pan of salted boiling water.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Then cool rapidly by plunging into cold water.

Drain and set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Slice 6 hard-boiled eggs.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Slice 3 spring onions (scallions) and set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Peel 6 avocados and cut into thickish slices.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Put into a bowl and sprinkle with 6 tablespoons lemon juice.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the peas, almonds and spring onion.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Finish with shavings of 90 g Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 12 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette).

Mix well and your salad is ready.

Remarks

You can use Parmesan instead of the Mimolette, or another hard-paste cheese, such as Cheddar or Comté.

Similarly, the almonds can be replaced with pine nuts or walnuts, but it is important to try and keep them crunchy, so do be sure to toast them.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,742 Kcal or 11,480 Kj	87 gr	116 gr	220 gr
137 %	33 %	11 %	33 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
89 Kcal or 373 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	7 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
228 Kcal or 955 Kj	7 gr	10 gr	18 gr
11 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

% 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: Nuts, Egg, Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 8.51 €
Per person : 0.71 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Peas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pea risotto "Mantecare", Tomato ladybirds, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone , Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Bistro-style endive salad, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All
	Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Flaked almond tart, Soft apple cookies, Génoise (Genoa sponge), New peas with almonds, Paris-Brest, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Red cabage salad with toasted almonds, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Salad lyonnaise, Salad paysanne, Cherry tomato and two cabbage salad, ... All

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