Sesame Mangetout

Name: Sesame Mangetout
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar, or white wine vinegar; 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar, or white wine vinegar; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 250 g mangetout (snow peas); 2 tsp sesame seeds; 250 g mangetout (snow peas); 2 tsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry; 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 2002

About

Mangetout (snow peas) are too boring for words when cooked whole. But shred them finely and toss raw in a sweet Asian vinaigrette, and they taste wild. Serve as a salad or side dish, or use as a base for seafood, duck or barbecued quail.

Ingredients

250 g mangetout (snow peas)
2 tsp sesame seeds

Side dish
Vegan

Method

Wash and dry the mangetout, then finely slice lengthwise into matchsticks, using the tip of a sharp knife. This will take some time, but keep going and don’t curse me too much. The effect it has on the flavour and texture is too great to give up now.

For the dressing, mix the sugar, soy sauce, wine vinegar, rice wine and sesame oil together. Lightly toss the shredded mangetout in the dr