Green Peas a la Francaise

Ingredients

• a quart of young and freshly-shelled peas
• a couple of ounces of butter
• a small lump of sugar
• about half an ounce of butter
• a teaspoonful of flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix peas with butter, drain, and simmer for 20 minutes.

2. 2

   Cover with boiling water, add salt, and boil for 40 minutes.

3. 3

   Stir in sugar and a thickening of butter and flour, then serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 293. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GREEN PEAS A LA FRANQAISE, OR FRENCH FASHION. (entremets). Throw a quart of young and freshly-shelled peas into plenty of spring water with a couple of ounces of butter, and with the hand work them together until the butter adheres well to the peas ; lift them out, and drain them in a cullender ; put them into a stewpan or thick saucepan without any water, and let them remain over a gentle fire, and be stirred occasionally for twenty minutes from the time of their first beginning to simmer ; then pour to them as much boiling water as will just cover them; throw in a small quantity of salt, and keep them boiling quickly for forty minutes : stir well amongst them a small lump of sugar which has been dipped quickly into water, and a thickening of about half an ounce of butter very smoothly mixed with a teaspoonful of flour

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