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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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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
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: How to prepare spinach, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Fresh spinach with cream, Koulibiak in pie dish, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken pie, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Vol-au-vent, Bistro-style cabbage salad, How to cook bacon and remove excess fat, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Jerusalem artichoke salad, Bistro-style endive salad, Warm autumn salad, Warm Leek and Potato Salad, Lentil and cold-meat salad, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piedmont salad, Julia salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, Linzer torte, Springtime mixed salad, ... All

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