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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 4 people, you will need:

1 2.6 oz flakeds almonds
2 5.3 oz peas
3 2 hard-boiled eggs
4 1 spring onion (scallion)
5 2 avocados
6 2 tablespoons lemon juice
7 1.1 oz Mimolette
8 parsley
9 4 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
21 min.	8 min.	29 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Tip 2.6 oz 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 5.3 oz 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 2 hard-boiled eggs.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Slice 1 spring onion (scallion) and set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Peel 2 avocados and cut into thickish slices.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Put into a bowl and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the peas, almonds and spring onion.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Finish with shavings of 1.1 oz Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 4 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
914 Kcal or 3,827 Kj	29 gr	39 gr	73 gr
46 %	11 %	4 %	11 %

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 4 people : 2.84 €
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: Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables, Chinese Soup, New York style pasta, Chinese style chicken, Tomato ladybirds, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Leek and Mimolette tart, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Bistro-style endive salad, ... All
	Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Broad bean salad with Parmesan, Soft apple cookies, Paris-Brest, New peas with almonds, Baked Alaska, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Springtime mixed salad, Crunchy spring salad, Mixed salad, Corn salad with croutons, Nanou's red cabbage salad, ... All

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