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.
82K 3.9/5 based on 15 reviews
Last modified on: June 12th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
3 spring onions (scallions) - 2
0 kg 5 g fresh spinach - 3
3 slices bread - 4
3 tablespoons olive oil - 5
1 1⁄3 cup small pieces of bacon - 6
6 hard-boiled eggs - 7
parsley - 8
15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
How long will 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 0 kg 5 g fresh spinach, but do not cook.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 1 1⁄3 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.
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 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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 8.24 €
- 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: How to prepare spinach, Mixed vegetable curry, Koulibiak in pie dish, Pistachio and spinach pesto, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oven omelette, Salad lyonnaise, Split peas "à la française", Alsatian-style salad, Beef braised in reduced red wine, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm autumn salad, Lentil and cold-meat salad, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Pea and avocado salad, ... All |
 | Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piedmont salad, Salade Niçoise, Very green mixed salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, Crispy smoked salmon and herb rolls, ... All |
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