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 5th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
0 kg flakeds almonds - 2
0 kg peas - 3
2 hard-boiled eggs - 4
1 spring onion (scallion) - 5
2 avocados - 6
2 tablespoons lemon juice - 7
0 kg 2 g Mimolette - 8
parsley - 9
4 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 0 kg peas in a pan of salted boiling water.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Slice 1 spring onion (scallion) and set aside.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Peel 2 avocados and cut into thickish slices.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Put into a bowl and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Add the peas, almonds and spring onion.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Finish with shavings of 0 kg 2 g Mimolette, the chopped parsley and 4 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 |
| 1,102 Kcal or 4,614 Kj | 35 gr | 41 gr | 90 gr |
| 55 % | 13 % | 4 % | 14 % |
| 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 4 people : 2.84 €
- 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 , Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Paella, New York style pasta, ... All |
 | Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Leek and Mimolette tart, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Bistro-style endive salad, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, ... All |
 | Flakeds almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Nougatine, Soft apple cookies, Génoise (Genoa sponge), Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany, Nanou's chocolate cake, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Valay salad, Alsatian-style salad, Cherry tomato and green bean salad, Beetroot and black radish salad, Cajun-style lentil salad, ... All |
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