Petits Pois à la Française

Peas with Lettuce and Pearl Onions

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
A Canon of Vegetables

By Raymond Sokolov

Published 2007

  • About

The lettuce protects the peas, keeping them moist and adding flavor.

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds peas, unshelled
  • 16 pearl onions, peeled
  • 2 heads

Method

  1. Shell the peas and reserve in a bowl. Cut a shallow X in the root ends of the onions so that they will cook evenly. Cut the lettuces into quarters and then tie up each quarter with string.
  2. Put 8 tablespoons of the butter with the sugar,