Peas with Lettuce

Name: Peas with Lettuce
Ingredients: 85g/3oz of butter; 150ml/¼ pint double cream; 2 tsp sugar; 3 tbsp water; 1 bouquet garni; 1½ tsp salt; 1.2litre/2pints fresh shelled peas; 2 lettuce hearts, tied up with string

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1998

About

Test the peas occasionally for taste and tenderness. I often add chopped spring onions to this receipt, but this is optional.

Ingredients

85g/3oz of butter
1.2litre/2pin

Main course
Dinner
Spring
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the butter in a saucepan, add peas, lettuce hearts, bouquet garni, salt, sugar and water. Simmer with the lid on for 40 minutes. Remove lettuce and strain peas, reserving the liquid. The amount of liquid should be very little but reduce it to about two tablespoonfuls, whisk in the cream and pour over peas. Cut lettuce hearts into quarters and place on the peas.