Sweet Pea Toasts

Name: Sweet Pea Toasts
Ingredients: Edible flowers (optional); 1 baguette or loaf of sourdough; 1 baguette or loaf of sourdough; 5 sprigs mint, roughly chopped; ¼ cup (60 ml) cream; 1 lemon (1½ fl oz | 45 ml), zest and juice; ½ cup (120 ml) olive oil, plus more for drizzling; ½ tsp (3 g) salt; ¼ tsp (1 g) chili flakes; ½ lb (2 cups | 230 g) peas

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ruffage

By Abra Berens

Published 2019

About

There are very few dishes that my family asks for over and over again. This pea dip is one of them. It stores in the refrigerator and freezes well.

Ingredients

½ lb (2 cups | 230 g) peas
¼ tsp<

Starter
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Boil the peas until bright green, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain completely and transfer to a food processor. Add the chili flakes, salt, olive oil, and lemon zest and juice and blend until mostly smooth. Add the cream and blend to combine. Fold in the mint.

Slice and toast the bread, schmear with the pea purée, and garnish with a drizzle of o