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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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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.

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
3,307 Kcal or 13,846 Kj	105 gr	123 gr	271 gr
165 %	40 %	12 %	41 %

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 %

% 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: Chinese Soup, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Tomato ladybirds, Chinese style chicken, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Bistro-style endive salad, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All
	Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Baked Alaska, Almond tuiles, Soft apple cookies, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, Nougatine, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leeks in vinaigrette , Nanou's red cabbage salad, Raw green asparagus salad, Salad paysanne, Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, ... All

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