Taking advantage of the season of each food to prepare recipes is always an excellent idea, since this way you will obtain more tasty and nutritious dishes. In this way, during the pea season, we can make dishes like this recipe for French peas. Since the season of this food is so short, something we recommend is to buy them fresh and freeze them, so we can have for more months.
Peas are a legume that has many properties, vitamins, minerals and a large amount of fiber. For this reason, this recipe is an ideal dish to make for children, since they tend to really like the flavors that make it up. Likewise, it is a very complete dish for a dinner. Keep reading and discover with us how to make French peas, I’m sure you’ll love them!
Ingredients to make French Peas:
- 1 kilogram of peas (frozen or fresh)
- 1 large or 2 small onions
- 50 grams of butter
- 1 tablespoon of wheat flour or cornstarch
- 1 lettuce
- 150 grams of ham or bacon
- 1 splash of olive oil
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 glass of broth or water
- 1 pinch of black pepper
How to make French Peas:
Heat a frying pan or saucepan with the butter over medium heat. Finely chop the onion or into strips and add it to the pan to cook with the butter.
Chop the pieces of ham or bacon and, when the onion is golden, add them and sauté everything for a couple of minutes.
Add the peas, either fresh or frozen, and mix. Add the tablespoon of flour or cornstarch and mix again so that it is well integrated into the preparation.
Tip: the flour will help thicken the sauce a bit and make the French peas creamier.
Pour the glass of broth or water. You can use homemade chicken or vegetable broth, as well as dissolve a chicken or vegetable stock cube in water. Let the preparation cook until the peas are tender. Add a little pepper and taste to see if you need to add a little salt, since ham and bacon are ingredients that leave a salty taste.
While the peas are cooking, wash a head of lettuce. It can be any lettuce, but curly is best in this French Peas recipe. Cut the lettuce into thin strips and, before the peas are finished cooking, add them.
The amount of lettuce will be to taste, since once it is cooked it decreases a lot. Let it all cook together. If you see that more liquid is needed, add more water or broth, but we emphasize that the recipe is very good with little sauce and thick.
When you see that the sauce is thick and the peas are cooked, turn off the heat. Let sit for about 10 minutes for all the flavors to settle.
And they are ready to eat! Whether you made frozen French peas or used fresh peas, the result is amazing. Serve immediately to enjoy hot.
