French-style peas
Peas gently braised with lettuce, spring onions and butter.
Active time40 min
Cooking40 min
Total1 h 15 min
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Ingredients
- 2 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs
- 1 fresh thyme sprig
- 1 lettuce heart
- 12 small spring onions
- 1200 g fresh peas in pods
- 80 g unsalted butter
- 200 ml water
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 1 tsp caster sugar
Preparation
Shell the peas. Peel the small onions. Rinse the lettuce heart and cut into wedges. Rinse the thyme and parsley and tie together with kitchen string.
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Melt 60 g butter in a casserole. Add onions and lettuce. Cover and cook gently for 6 minutes.
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Add the peas, tied herbs, sugar, water, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes until the peas are tender.
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Remove the herbs. Lift the vegetables out with a slotted spoon and keep in a covered dish. Reduce the juices over high heat for about 4 minutes until slightly thickened. Off the heat, whisk in 20 g butter and pour over the vegetables.
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Allergens
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