Braised Peas

Name: Braised Peas
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter, diced; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra; 300 g (10½ oz/2 cups) freshly shelled peas, about 700 g (1 lb 9 oz) unshelled; freshly ground pepper; juice of ½ lemon; 8 anchovies, chopped; sea salt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food I Love

By Neil Perry

Published 2005

About

These peas are great but remember to use frozen before you use out-of-season old woody ones. This dish is bloody delicious with just about anything, and I quite often add half a teaspoon of chilli flakes to it. Make sure you cook the peas for quite a while; they need to be melting and sweet and definitely not a bright green colour.

Ingredients

300 g (10½ oz/2 cups) freshly shelled peas, about 700 <

Side dish
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the extra virgin olive oil and butter together in a frying pan. Add the anchovies with a pinch of sea salt and allow the anchovies to melt in. Add the peas, toss well to coat, then add 400 ml (14 fl o