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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 8 people, you will need:

1 60 g flakeds almonds
2 300 g peas
3 4 hard-boiled eggs
4 2 spring onions (scallions)
5 4 avocados
6 4 tablespoons lemon juice
7 60 g Mimolette
8 parsley
9 8 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 2,050 grams

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21 min.	8 min.	29 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Tip 60 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 300 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 4 hard-boiled eggs.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Slice 2 spring onions (scallions) and set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Peel 4 avocados and cut into thickish slices.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Put into a bowl and sprinkle with 4 tablespoons lemon juice.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the peas, almonds and spring onion.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Finish with shavings of 60 g Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 8 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
1,828 Kcal or 7,653 Kj	58 gr	77 gr	147 gr
91 %	22 %	7 %	22 %

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 8 people : 5.67 €
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: Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Bistro-style endive salad, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All
	Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Paris-Brest, Brioche slices with almond cream, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, Baked Alaska, Soft apple cookies, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nanou's red cabbage salad, White asparagus salad, Mixed tomato salad, Comtoise endive salad, Grandma's salad, ... All

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