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How to prepare new peas

Name: How to prepare new peas
Prep time: 27 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 700 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 750 g new peas

In spring, when the first peas, known as "new" peas, appear fresh on the market stalls, that's the (fairly short) moment when you can eat them whole, peas and pods, very fresh and delicious.

To do this, rather than shelling them, you need to prepare them, and here's how.

25 K

30 min.

Easy

7.50 €

700 g

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: May 8^th 2024

For 700 g, you will need:

1 750 g new peas
Total weight: 750 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 min.

Wash and drain the peas.

Stage 2

We'll remove the 2 ends of each terminal (indicated by the green arrows), and the "wire" along each side of the terminal.

Stage 3

Take a pod in your hand.

Stage 4

Remove the end and the wire along the terminal...

Stage 5

...all the way.

Stage 6

Turn the pod over...

Stage 7

...and do the same with the other end.

Stage 8

See how with this short animation.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 20 min.

Do this for all pods.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 5 min.

Then cut each pod into sections.

Your new peas are ready to cook in your recipe.

Remarks

You can do the same with new beans.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	40 RDI=20 %	50 RDI=5 %	4 RDI=1 %	420 RDI=20 %	1,760 RDI: 20 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	7 RDI=1 %	0	60 RDI=3 %	230 RDI: 3 %

How much will it cost?

For 700 g : 7.50 €

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