Green Peas with Bacon

Ingredients

• half an ounce of butter
• two ounces of small, dice-shaped pieces of bacon
• a spoonful of flour
• a pint of white broth (No. 99)
• one whole onion
• a bouquet (No. 254)
• half a pinch of pepper
• the raw shelled peas, as for No. 977

Method

1. 1

   Brown butter with bacon, remove, and make a roux with flour.

2. 2

   Moisten with broth, add bacon, peas, onion, bouquet, and pepper.

3. 3

   Cover and cook for 30 minutes, serve in a hot dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 244. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

reen Peas, with Bacon. — Brown in a saucepan half an ounce of batter with two ounces of small, dice-shaped pieces of bacon, and when of a good golden color, take them out, and put a spoonful of flour into the fat to make a roux. Moisten with a pint of white broth (No. 99); replace the bacon, add the raw shelled peas, as for No. 977, one whole onion, a bouquet (No. 254), and half a pinch of pepper

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