Petits Pois à la Française

Name: Petits Pois à la Française (Sautéed Peas)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; ⅛ pound butter; 18 small white, boiling onions; 6 lettuce leaves, shredded; ½ cup cold water; 2 (10-ounce) packages frozen peas

Sautéed Peas

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

This is a most famous dish. Normally fresh peas are used, but it seems a shame to destroy the succulent goodness of new peas by cooking them so long. Therefore, I suggest using frozen peas in this recipe.

Ingredients

18 small white, boiling onions
6 lettuce leaves, shredded
⅛ pound b

Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Peel, then blanch onions (put into cold water, bring to a boil, and drain; rinse in cold water and drain again).
Put onions and remainder of ingredients into a skillet. Add peas in their frozen state. Cover with lid and bring to a boil. Simmer about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally to mix the ingredients.
When done, there should be about