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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 8 people, you will need:

1 2 spring onions (scallions)
2 3 ½ cups fresh spinach
3 2 slices bread
4 2 tablespoons olive oil
5 1 cup small pieces of bacon
6 4 hard-boiled eggs
7 parsley
8 10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

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Time required for this recipe:

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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 2 spring onions (scallions).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 3 ½ cups 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 1 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 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.

Keeping

Should be eaten the day it is made.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,819 Kcal or 11,803 Kj	61 gr	115 gr	271 gr
141 %	23 %	11 %	41 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
163 Kcal or 682 Kj	4 gr	7 gr	16 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
352 Kcal or 1,474 Kj	8 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Egg, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 5.49 €
Per person : 0.69 €

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	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Chicken pie, Green Piedmont Salad, Smoky canapés, ... All

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