Ingredient

Chard

Known as bettes, blettes, cardes or poirées in French, this plant appears on the stalls in spring. That’s when it’s at its best, while the leaves are still young.
The leaves are eaten like spinach (they’re milder), and the stalks — also called cardes — slip nicely into gratins and soups (poirées)…
Low in calories at 22 kcal per 100 g, they’re good for your health too: calcium, fibre, iron…

Per 100 g

13 kcal

1,0 g protein

1,6 g carbohydrates

0,5 g fat

1,8 g fibre

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