Peas with bacon and onions

Name: Peas with bacon and onions
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: sea salt and pepper; sea salt and pepper; 75 g (3 oz) butter; 125 g (4 oz) slices of rindless streaky bacon; 1 bunch of spring onions (preferably bulbous ones); 2 tsp sugar; 400 g (14 oz) shelled fresh or frozen peas; 400 g (14 oz) shelled fresh or frozen peas

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

Bacon and spring onions give peas a new lease of life. Use fresh peas when they are in season – you’ll need about 1kg (2¼ lb) peas in the pod to give this shelled weight.

Ingredients

125 g (4 oz) slices of rindless streaky bacon
75 g (3

Europe
United Kingdom
Side dish
Gluten-free

Method

Cut the bacon into 1 cm (½ inch) dice. Melt 25 g (1 oz) butter in a pan and gently cook the bacon over a low heat for 3–4 minutes without allowing it to colour.
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