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Snow peas sautéed in butter

Here's a quick and easy recipe for spring, when snow peas arrive on the shelves, and it's so simple and delicious just to sauté them in butter with a chopped shallot.

This can be a stand-alone dish, or a side dish for meat or fish.

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Last modified on: June 2^nd 2024

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 1 ½ cup mange-tout peas
2 ½ shallot
3 0 kg 2 g butter
4 parsley (optional)
5 salt
6 pepper

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
18 min.	11 min.	29 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare 1 ½ cup mange-tout peas by cutting or breaking off each end.

Then wash them.

Stage 2 - 7 min.

Plunge them into a large pot of boiling salted water.

Cook until just tender.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Drain, leave to cool a little, then cut into small pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Prepare and chop ½ shallot.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

In a frying pan over medium heat, pour in 0 kg 2 g butter, then when hot, add the shallot, salt and pepper.

Cook for 1 minute, without browning.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Add the snow peas, a little chopped parsley if you have it, mix well and just reheat for 2 or 3 minutes.

Stage 7

Check the seasoning and serve immediately.

Remarks

Just before serving, you can add a dash of lemon juice to spice things up a bit.

This recipe can easily be adapted to other green vegetables.

Keeping

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

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
342 Kcal or 1,432 Kj	12 gr	27 gr	21 gr
17 %	4 %	3 %	3 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
88 Kcal or 368 Kj	3 gr	7 gr	5 gr
4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
171 Kcal or 716 Kj	6 gr	13 gr	11 gr
9 %	2 %	1 %	2 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 7.20 €
Per person : 3.60 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Mange-tout peas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stock-pot fish , ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach on toast with bechamel, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, French toast "cordon bleu", Chocolate mug cake, Celeriac and sesame soup, ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Spaghetti with mushrooms, Röstis, Red rice pannequets, Leek and potato soup, ... All
	Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chestnut cake, Grilled ham and bechamel sandwiches, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Potatoes with prawns, Seven-hour lamb, ... All

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