1,428 easy and fully explained recipes, with 33,930 photos and 78 videos

Split peas "à la française"

To cook fresh peas à la française (French style), they are first blanched in boiling water, then combined with fried lardons and onion. This idea can also be used with split peas, but they need cooking for much longer.

162K 3.5/5 based on 58 reviews

Last modified on: February 5^th 2020

Keywords for this recipe:

For 4 people, you will need:

1 300 g split peas
2 1 onion
3 1 tablespoon oil
4 150 g small pieces of bacon
Total weight: 590 grams

Change to the quantities for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
45 min.	2 min.	7 min.	54 min.

At what time:

When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ?
Work this out...

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 40 min.

Put 300 g split peas on to boil in a large pan of salted water.

Stage 2

Cook until tender.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare and finely chop 1 onion.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Pour 1 tablespoon oil into a large pan on high heat. When good and hot add 150 g small pieces of bacon (lardons) and fry for a few minutes until lightly browned.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add the chopped onion, mix well and cook for a further 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Add the split peas, mix well and check the seasoning. Leave to heat through completely before serving.

Remarks

This "à la française" method can be used with other dried beans and pulses, such as lentils or haricot beans.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,350 Kcal or 5,652 Kj	41 gr	53 gr	108 gr
68 %	16 %	5 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
229 Kcal or 959 Kj	7 gr	9 gr	18 gr
11 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
338 Kcal or 1,415 Kj	10 gr	13 gr	27 gr
17 %	4 %	1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 1.64 €
Per person : 0.41 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lumberjack turnovers, Salad lyonnaise, How to cook bacon and remove excess fat, Truffade, Maroilles cheese quiche, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Sausage rougail, Sautéed turmeric chicken with mushrooms, Express sauerkraut, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, ... All
	Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to cook potato grenaille , Bistro-style cabbage salad, Ardennes Salad, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Duo of slow-cooked pork, ... All

Other recipes you may also like

Passion fruit jellies

Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .
322K4 2 hours 30 min. July 4^th 2018

French croissants

In this famous and highly technical recipe from a piece of yeast-based flaky dough we are going to cut and shape ("roll") croissants.
609K 24.4 2 hours 34 min. June 26^th 2019

Blanquette of veal

Blanquette is a classic dish of French family cooking, but can also be found in bistros. Veal is cooked slowly, and the sauce is thickened with a mixture of egg yolks and cream. I have set out a rather special way of making it.
407K4.4 2 hours 49 min. February 5^th 2015

Steak burger topped with egg

A succulent steak burger, topped with a perfect egg. Here are all the tips you need to produce this simple but delicious dish.
251K4.9 52 min. June 22^th 2013

Strawberry and rhubarb crumble

A three-layer crumble: a layer of stewed rhubarb, then strawberries and a crumble topping. You'll see that the flavour of rhubarb goes very well with strawberries.
140K5 1 hour 40 min. May 18^th 2019

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.