French Way of Cooking Green Peas

Ingredients

• three pints of full-grown but tender green peas
• a pound of bacon
• a teaspoonful of brown sugar
• a little black pepper
• a teacupful of cold water
• three green-topped onions
• a bunch of parsley
• a teaspoonful of flour
• two tablespoonsful of cream

Method

1. 1

   Brown bacon, add peas, butter, water, onions, parsley, sugar, and pepper.

2. 2

   Simmer until cooked, then stir in flour mixed with butter and cream.

3. 3

   Serve after boiling.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

French Way of Cooking Oreen Peas. For three pints of full-grown but tender green peas, cut ii pound of bacon into small squares, boil it in water ten minutee to extract some of the salt ; then pour off the water and let it brown slightly; wash the peas, and with your hand, whilst they are in the water, work into them a piece of butter the siie of an egg ; put them in a stew-pan with the fried bacon, a teacupful of cold water, three green-topped onions and a bunch of parsley, with a teaspoonful of brown sugar and a little black pepper ; simmer them gently for half an hour, or until they are cooked, but not broken ; add a very little water, if they should become too dry ; when done, stir in them a teaspoonful of flour mixed with a small piece of batter and two tableepoonsfnl of cream

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