Green Peas a la Creme

Ingredients

• a quart of freshly-shelled peas
• one teaspoonful of salt
• 2 ozs. of fresh butter
• a teaspoonful of cornflour
• a quarter of a pint of cream

Method

1. 1

   Plunge peas into boiling salted water and cook until done.

2. 2

   Drain.

3. 3

   In another saucepan, melt butter, mix in cornflour, and add cream.

4. 4

   When boiling, add peas and toss for a few minutes.

5. 5

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Green Peas a la Creme. — Take a quart of freshly- shelled peas. Plunge them into boiling salted water - — about one teaspoonful of salt to one quart of water — cook until done; drain them in a colander. Into another saucepan place 2 ozs. of fresh butter, and mix in a teaspoonful of cornflour, adding a quarter of a pint of cream

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