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 4 people, you will need:
- 1
1 spring onion (scallion) - 2
400 ml fresh spinach - 3
1 slice bread - 4
1 tablespoon olive oil - 5
100 ml small pieces of bacon - 6
2 hard-boiled eggs - 7
parsley - 8
5 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 400 ml fresh spinach, but do not cook.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 100 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 2 hard-boiled eggs.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Put the spinach, croutons, lardons and eggs into a salad bowl.
Add the parsley and 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette). Mix well and your baby spinach salad is ready.
Add the parsley and 5 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 |
| 1,731 Kcal or 7,247 Kj | 104 gr | 602 gr | 165 gr |
| 87 % | 40 % | 57 % | 25 % |
| 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 4 people : 2.75 €
- 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, How to prepare spinach, Koulibiak in pie dish, Pistachio and spinach pesto, Fresh spinach with cream, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Aperitif rolls, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Creamy "terre et mer" pots, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tahitian salad, Greek salad with chicken, Chicken club sandwich, Corn salad with croutons, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, ... All |
 | Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bistro-style red endive salad, Smoky canapés, Linzer torte, Fresh spinach with cream, Springtime mixed salad, ... All |
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