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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.

4,8403.3/5 for 4 ratings

Last modified on: June 12^th 2019

For 2 people, you will need:

1 ½ spring onion (scallion)
2 200 g fresh spinach
3 ½ slice bread
4 ½ tablespoon olive oil
5 50 g small pieces of bacon
6 1 hard-boiled egg
7 parsley
8 3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 440 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
32 min.	10 min.	42 min.

Keeping: Should be eaten the day it is made.

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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 200 g 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 50 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 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
832 Kcal or 3,483 Kj	15 gr	29 gr	73 gr
42 %	6 %	3 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
189 Kcal or 791 Kj	3 gr	7 gr	17 gr
9 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
416 Kcal or 1,742 Kj	7 gr	14 gr	37 gr
21 %	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).

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.39 €
Per person : 0.70 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fresh spinach with cream, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Koulibiak in pie dish, How to prepare spinach, Salmon and spinach quiche, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet, African style chicken, Artichoke hearts forestier , Breton Pie, Spaghetti Carbonara, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: White asparagus salad, Mixed salad, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Warm chicken salad, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caesar salad, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Gratin slices with spinach, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Spinach on toast with bechamel, ... All

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