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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 12 people, you will need:

1 90 g flakeds almonds
2 450 g peas
3 6 hard-boiled eggs
4 3 spring onions (scallions)
5 6 avocados
6 6 tablespoons lemon juice
7 90 g Mimolette
8 parsley
9 12 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 3,075 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Tip 90 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 450 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 6 hard-boiled eggs.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Slice 3 spring onions (scallions) and set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Peel 6 avocados and cut into thickish slices.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Put into a bowl and sprinkle with 6 tablespoons lemon juice.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the peas, almonds and spring onion.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Finish with shavings of 90 g Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 12 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
2,742 Kcal or 11,480 Kj	87 gr	116 gr	220 gr
137 %	33 %	11 %	33 %

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 12 people : 8.51 €
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: Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone , Tomato ladybirds, French-style peas, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Bistro-style endive salad, Leek and Mimolette tart, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, ... All
	Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Génoise (Genoa sponge), Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, Nanou's chocolate cake, Brioche slices with almond cream, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Crunchy radish and carrot salad, Cornouaillaise salad, Cherry tomato and green bean salad, Nanou's red cabbage salad, ... All

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