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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 2 people, you will need:

1 ½ spring onion (scallion)
2 7.0 oz fresh spinach
3 ½ slice bread
4 ½ tablespoon olive oil
5 1.8 oz small pieces of bacon
6 1 hard-boiled egg
7 parsley
8 3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

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32 min.	10 min.	42 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel, rinse and slice ½ spring onion (scallion).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 7.0 oz fresh spinach, but do not cook.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Shred the spinach.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Cut ½ slice bread into small cubes.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour ½ tablespoon olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 1.8 oz 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 1 hard-boiled egg.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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

Add the parsley and 3 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
754 Kcal or 3,157 Kj	15 gr	29 gr	73 gr
38 %	6 %	3 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
171 Kcal or 716 Kj	3 gr	7 gr	17 gr
9 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
377 Kcal or 1,578 Kj	8 gr	14 gr	37 gr
19 %	3 %	1 %	6 %

% 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 2 people : 1.40 €
Per person : 0.70 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tex-Mex chicken burger, Mixed vegetable curry, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, How to prepare spinach, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beef braised in reduced red wine, Truffade, Split peas "à la française", Breton Pie, Rabbit with mustard, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm lentil salad, Warm autumn salad, Tahitian salad, Cornouaillaise salad, Red cabage salad with toasted almonds, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Linzer torte, Mixed salad stack, Salade Niçoise, Eggs with mayonnaise, Smoky canapés, ... All

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