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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

Keywords for this recipe:Salad Spinach Bacon Crouton

For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 spring onion (scallion)
2 400 g fresh spinach
3 1 slice bread
4 1 tablespoon olive oil
5 100 g small pieces of bacon
6 2 hard-boiled eggs
7 parsley
8 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 865 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel, rinse and slice 1 spring onion (scallion).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 400 g fresh spinach, but do not cook.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Shred the spinach.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Cut 1 slice bread into small cubes.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 100 g 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 2 hard-boiled eggs.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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

Add the parsley and 5 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,419 Kcal or 5,941 Kj	30 gr	57 gr	136 gr
71 %	11 %	5 %	21 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
164 Kcal or 687 Kj	3 gr	7 gr	16 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
355 Kcal or 1,486 Kj	7 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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.75 €
Per person : 0.69 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rice and fresh spinach salad, Mixed vegetable curry, Koulibiak in pie dish, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Pistachio and spinach pesto, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pasta with mustard-cream sauce, French-style peas, Langres-style spinach, bread-crust quiche, Quiche Lorraine, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Comtoise endive salad, Endive and cheese salad with croutons, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Alsatian-style salad, Bistro-style endive salad, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Layered Leek and Egg Gratin , Crispy smoked salmon and herb rolls, Pea and avocado salad, Leek and broccoli "à la flamande", Green Piedmont Salad, ... All

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