New Peas
Ingredients
Directions
Place young, tender peas in pods in a pot with just enough water to keep them boiling.
Cook until tender, allowing the pods to separate from the peas.
Skim off the pods and do not drain the cooking liquid.
Add your desired seasoning to the cooking liquid and serve.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Young, tender peas in pods
- Provide the main ingredient whose sweet flavor and tender texture develop when simmered.
- Water
- Creates the simmering liquid that cooks the peas and carries their flavor into the serving liquid.
The step that matters
Skim off the pods and do not drain the cooking liquid. The cooking liquid holds dissolved sugars and flavor compounds released from the peas, so discarding it would wash away much of the taste.
“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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