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Beans and Peas

A simple boiled dish of green peas or beans seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Beans and Peas

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Rinse the peas or beans under cold water.

  2. In a pot, cover the peas or beans with pure water.

Cook

  1. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 30-45 minutes.

  2. Add coarse sea salt to taste before serving.

Serve

  1. Serve for breakfast or lunch, preferably with good coarse bread.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Green peas or beans
Form the main body of the dish, softening into a tender, starchy base as they simmer.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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