Petits Pois Pâté

Name: Petits Pois Pâté
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1½ medium onions, chopped; 3 Tbsp olive oil; 3 eggs; salt and pepper to taste; ¾ cup halved walnuts; 1 cup frozen petits pois; ½ cup roughly chopped green beans

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

All Sorts of Healthy Dishes

By Chantal Lascaris

Published 2017

About

THE PETIT POIS IS A YOUNG, DE-HULLED PEA. IT WAS PART OF A COMPOSITION THAT PABLO PICASSO PAINTED IN 1911, KNOWN AS ‘LE PIGEON AUX PETITS POIS’. IT WAS STOLEN FROM A FRENCH MUSEUM IN 2010 AND REMAINS MISSING. WHAT’S NOT MISSING HERE, HOWEVER, IS THE POWERHOUSE OF FLAVOUR AND GOODNESS THAT THIS LITTLE PÂTÉ PROVIDES.

Ingredients

3 eggs
3 Tbsp olive oil
1½ medium onions, chopped

Europe
France
Starter
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Boil the eggs for 5 minutes, then leave them to cool before peeling and cutting into quarters.
In a saucepan, heat the oil, add the onions and fry gently until softened.
Stir in the green beans and petits pois.
Continue to cook until the beans are soft.
Place the walnuts and eggs in a blender or food processor, then blend until the