Peas

Ingredients

• some peas
• some fresh butter
• a sprinkling of flour
• a pinch of sugar
• salt
• pepper
• the yolk of an egg
• a tablespoonful of cream or sour milk

Method

1. 1

   Boil peas in salted water for about 10 minutes, drain, and place in a saucepan with butter, flour, sugar, salt, and pepper.

2. 2

   Cook slowly until tender, then stir in egg yolk and cream or sour milk.

3. 3

   Serve when smooth and creamy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery (1897) by Marguerite Ninet, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Peas. — Boil them for about ten minutes in water with a little salt, drain them and put them into a saucepan with some fresh butter, a sprinkling of flour, a pinch of sugar, and salt and pepper to taste ; let them cook slowly, and when they are tender and the liquid is reduced, stir in the yolk of an egg and a tablespoonful of cream or sour milk

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