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 5th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
1.3 oz flakeds almonds - 2
0 kg 2 g peas - 3
1 hard-boiled egg - 4
½ spring onion (scallion) - 5
1 avocado - 6
1 tablespoon lemon juice - 7
0.5 oz Mimolette - 8
parsley - 9
2 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 21 min. | 8 min. | 29 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Cook 0 kg 2 g peas in a pan of salted boiling water.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Slice ½ spring onion (scallion) and set aside.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Peel 1 avocado and cut into thickish slices.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Put into a bowl and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Add the peas, almonds and spring onion.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Finish with shavings of 0.5 oz Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 2 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette).
Mix well and your salad is ready.
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.
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 |
| 551 Kcal or 2,307 Kj | 18 gr | 21 gr | 45 gr |
| 28 % | 7 % | 2 % | 7 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 108 Kcal or 452 Kj | 3 gr | 4 gr | 9 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 276 Kcal or 1,156 Kj | 9 gr | 10 gr | 23 gr |
| 14 % | 3 % | 1 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 1.42 €
- Per person : 0.71 €
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)
 | Peas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chinese Soup, Chinese style chicken, Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, Paella, ... All |
 | Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Baked Alaska, Brioche slices with almond cream, Benoîton, Nanou's chocolate cake, ... All |
 | Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Leek and Mimolette tart, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Bistro-style endive salad, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Rice and fresh spinach salad, Salad greens and small omelette, Bistro-style cabbage salad, Corn salad with croutons, ... All |
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