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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 12 people, you will need:

1 3 spring onions (scallions)
2 1 kg 200 g fresh spinach
3 3 slices bread
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 300 g small pieces of bacon
6 6 hard-boiled eggs
7 parsley
8 15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 2,595 grams

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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 3 spring onions (scallions).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 1 kg 200 g fresh spinach, but do not cook.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Shred the spinach.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Cut 3 slices bread into small cubes.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 300 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 6 hard-boiled eggs.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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

Add the parsley and 15 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
5,192 Kcal or 21,738 Kj	311 gr	1,805 gr	495 gr
260 %	119 %	170 %	75 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
200 Kcal or 837 Kj	12 gr	70 gr	19 gr
10 %	5 %	7 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
433 Kcal or 1,813 Kj	26 gr	150 gr	41 gr
22 %	10 %	14 %	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 12 people : 8.24 €
Per person : 0.69 €

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	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: African style chicken, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, How to cook bacon and remove excess fat, Quiche Lorraine, Creamy "terre et mer" pots, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grandma's salad, Warm lentil salad, Mixed tomato salad, Cajun-style lentil salad, Salad greens and small omelette, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and egg frichti, Piedmont salad, Fresh spinach with cream, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Chicken pie, ... All

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