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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 4 people, you will need:

1 1 lb + 8.6 oz mange-tout peas
2 1 shallot
3 1.8 oz 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 lb + 8.6 oz 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 1 shallot.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

In a frying pan over medium heat, pour in 1.8 oz 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
685 Kcal or 2,868 Kj	23 gr	53 gr	42 gr
34 %	9 %	5 %	6 %

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 4 people : 14.39 €
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: Sautéed oyster mushrooms, Roast pork with sage, cooked in a bag., Escalope cordon bleu, Sauce Normande (for fish), Beurre blanc sauce, ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Koulibiak in pie dish, Beans with tomatoes, Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, Green beans "Napoléon", Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, ... All
	Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with tomatoes and pesto, Loaf for "les filles'", Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Hollandaise sauce, Ratatouille confite, ... All

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