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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 1 cup fresh spinach
3 ½ slice bread
4 ½ tablespoon olive oil
5 ¼ cup small pieces of bacon
6 1 hard-boiled egg
7 parsley
8 3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
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 1 cup 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 ¼ cup 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
927 Kcal or 3,881 Kj	52 gr	301 gr	89 gr
46 %	20 %	28 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
211 Kcal or 883 Kj	12 gr	68 gr	20 gr
11 %	5 %	6 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
463 Kcal or 1,938 Kj	26 gr	151 gr	45 gr
23 %	10 %	14 %	7 %

% 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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	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and fresh spinach salad, Comtoise endive salad, Corn salad with croutons, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Springtime mixed salad, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bistro sandwich, White asparagus salad, Fresh spinach with cream, Langres-style spinach, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, ... All

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