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.
35K 4/5 based on 2 reviews
Last modified on: July 5th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
225 ml flakeds almonds - 2
450 ml peas - 3
6 hard-boiled eggs - 4
3 spring onions (scallions) - 5
6 avocados - 6
6 tablespoons lemon juice - 7
90 ml Mimolette - 8
parsley - 9
12 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 450 ml peas in a pan of salted boiling water.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
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 ml Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 12 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 |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 8.51 €
- 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: Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone , Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Chinese Soup, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, ... All |
 | Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Bistro-style endive salad, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All |
 | Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Génoise (Genoa sponge), Nougatine, Toasted flaked almonds, Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany, New peas with almonds, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken club sandwich, Cajun-style lentil salad, Mixed salad, Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Springtime mixed salad, ... All |
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