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.
45 K 4/5 (2 reviews)
30 min.
Easy
8 people
9 IngredientsLast modified on: July 5th 2020
For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
2⁄3 cup flakeds almonds - 2
1 1⁄3 cup peas - 3
4 hard-boiled eggs - 4
2 spring onions (scallions) - 5
4 avocados - 6
4 tablespoons lemon juice - 7
1⁄3 cup Mimolette - 8
parsley - 9
8 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette)
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 8 min.
All in all: 30 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Cook 1 1⁄3 cup peas in a pan of salted boiling water.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
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 1⁄3 cup Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 8 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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 70 RDI=30 % | 80 RDI=8 % | 180 RDI=30 % | 2,200 RDI=110 % | 9,230 RDI: 110 % |
| Per 100 g | 3 RDI=1 % | 4 RDI=0 % | 8 RDI=1 % | 110 RDI=5 % | 450 RDI: 5 % |
| Per person | 8 RDI=3 % | 10 RDI=1 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 280 RDI=10 % | 1,150 RDI: 10 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 10.70 €
- Per person : 1.35 €
Change currency: 
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
Like these other recipes: Chinese style chicken, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, French-style peas, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, ... See them all 20
Flakeds almonds
Like these other recipes: Baked Alaska, Nanou's chocolate cake, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, Nougatine, Apple and whisky crumble, ... See them all 21
Mimolette
Like these other recipes: Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Leek and Mimolette tart, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Bistro-style endive salad, Potato gratin with 3 cheeses, ... See them all 6
French dressing (vinaigrette)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Corn salad with croutons, Beetroot and black radish salad, Polish-style beetroot salad, Comtoise endive salad, Cervelas salad, ... See them all 69
Other recipes you may also like
Pear sorbet
For a great pear sorbet, choose your fruit carefully: they should be perfectly ripe and full of flavour. You will get good results with williams, but any other variety of your choice will work.February 21th 2011337 K4 55 min.
Scallops with cabbage julienne
Pan-fried scallops in a sauce of their juices deglazed with a little Noilly Prat, served with a julienne of blanched cabbage in cream.December 31th 2013136 K4.6 1 hour 25 min.
How to poach peaches
To poach peaches, we begin rather like for tomatoes. To peel them, we boil them for a few seconds, then plunge them into cold water. Once the skin has been removed, they are poached gently in a light syrup.September 6th 2012234 K3 1 hour 50 min.
Preserved lemons
For this recipe, the lemons are sliced first (this makes them easier to use later), then salted to drain off the juice before being bottled in herb-flavoured olive oil. These preserved lemons can be used in all sorts of dishes, especially with fish and poultry.December 2nd 2012131 K 15 12 hours 40 min.
Two-stage beef chuck
This recipe cooks beef chuck (or braising steak) in two stages: first, slow-cooked in red wine "in the bag", then fried and served with potato purée and a red-wine sauce.April 27th 2017112 K4.3 3 hours 60 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-07-06)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.