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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

For 8 people, you will need:

0 2 spring onions (scallions)
1 800 g fresh spinach
2 2 slices bread
3 2 tablespoons olive oil
4 200 g small pieces of bacon
5 4 hard-boiled eggs
6 parsley
7 10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 1,730 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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

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Should be eaten the day it is made.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel, rinse and slice 2 spring onions (scallions).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 800 g fresh spinach, but do not cook.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Shred the spinach.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Cut 2 slices bread into small cubes.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 200 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 4 hard-boiled eggs.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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

Add the parsley and 10 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
2,839 Kcal or 11,886 Kj	59 gr	115 gr	271 gr
142 %	23 %	11 %	41 %

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 8 people : 5.49 €
Per person : 0.69 €

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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: Mixed vegetable curry, Fresh spinach with cream, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Koulibiak in pie dish, 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, Quiche Lorraine, Rabbit civet, Split peas "à la française", Aperitif rolls, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Warm autumn salad, Mixed salad, Herb salad, Mixed salad stack, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach Mornay, Leeks in vinaigrette , Jerusalem artichoke salad, Eggs with mayonnaise, Fresh spinach with cream, ... All

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