Minty Peas with Warm Cucumber Ribbons

Name: Minty Peas with Warm Cucumber Ribbons
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: Zest and juice of ½ lemon; Handful of mint leaves, sliced; 2 cucumbers, sliced into thin ribbons using a peeler or mandoline; 150 g (5½ oz) frozen peas; 2 tablespoons crème fraîche (optional); 1 tablespoon olive or rapeseed oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Frozen Peas Cookbook

By Samuel Goldsmith

Published 2025

About

I love how the flavour of cucumbers develops as they’re warmed through. Slicing them into ribbons is easier with a Y-style vegetable peeler because they’re slightly wider than a standard peeler; you can also use a mandoline.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive or rapeseed oil
150 g (5½ oz)

Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the frozen peas directly to the pan and cook for a few minutes until defrosted.

Stir the mint into the peas, cook for 1 minute and then add the cucumber ribbons and lemon zest.

Season with salt and pepper and then squeeze in as much lemon juice as you like. Remove the peas from the heat and stir in the crème fraîche, if us