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.
79K 15 3.9
Last modified on: June 12th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
2 spring onions (scallions) - 2
800 ml fresh spinach - 3
2 slices bread - 4
2 tablespoons olive oil - 5
200 ml small pieces of bacon - 6
4 hard-boiled eggs - 7
parsley - 8
10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
How long does it take?
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.
Stage 2 - 15 min.
Prepare 800 ml fresh spinach, but do not cook.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 200 ml 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.
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.
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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 5.49 €
- Per person : 0.69 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Tex-Mex chicken burger, Mixed vegetable curry, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Fresh spinach with cream, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bacon rolls, Pasta with mustard-cream sauce, Chicken pie, bread-crust quiche, Artichoke hearts forestier , ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Herb salad, Polish-style beetroot salad, Chickpea salad, Cajun-style lentil salad, Warm white bean salad with smoked trout, ... All |
 | Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bistro celery salad, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Cauliflower and egg salad, Corn salad with croutons, Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, ... All |
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