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Pea and avocado salad

This very green salad recipe combines the soft texture of peas, avocado and hard-boiled eggs with the crunch of flaked almonds. Shavings of Mimolette add a colourful finishing touch with both flavour and bite.

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Last modified on: July 5^th 2020

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 30 g flakeds almonds
2 150 g peas
3 2 hard-boiled eggs
4 1 spring onion (scallion)
5 2 avocados
6 2 tablespoons lemon juice
7 30 g Mimolette
8 parsley
9 4 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 1,025 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
21 min.	8 min.	29 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Tip 30 g flakeds almonds into a small frying pan on high heat and toast them until they just begin to colour.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Cook 150 g peas in a pan of salted boiling water.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Then cool rapidly by plunging into cold water.

Drain and set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Slice 2 hard-boiled eggs.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Slice 1 spring onion (scallion) and set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Peel 2 avocados and cut into thickish slices.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Put into a bowl and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the peas, almonds and spring onion.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Finish with shavings of 30 g Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 4 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette).

Mix well and your salad is ready.

Remarks

You can use Parmesan instead of the Mimolette, or another hard-paste cheese, such as Cheddar or Comté.

Similarly, the almonds can be replaced with pine nuts or walnuts, but it is important to try and keep them crunchy, so do be sure to toast them.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
914 Kcal or 3,827 Kj	29 gr	39 gr	73 gr
46 %	11 %	4 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
89 Kcal or 373 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	7 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
228 Kcal or 955 Kj	7 gr	10 gr	18 gr
11 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

% 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: Nuts, Egg, Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.84 €
Per person : 0.71 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Peas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tomato ladybirds, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Chinese style chicken, Macédoine of vegetables, Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Leek and Mimolette tart, Bistro-style endive salad, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, ... All
	Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Soft apple cookies, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, Flaked almond tart, Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Warm white bean salad with smoked trout, Crunchy radish and carrot salad, Springtime mixed salad, Cajun-style lentil salad, ... All

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