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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 8 people, you will need:

1 1 kg 400 g mange-tout peas
2 2 shallots
3 100 g butter
4 parsley (optional)
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 1,550 grams

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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 kg 400 g 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 2 shallots.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

In a frying pan over medium heat, pour in 100 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
1,370 Kcal or 5,736 Kj	46 gr	107 gr	84 gr
68 %	18 %	10 %	13 %

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 8 people : 28.78 €
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: Flaky brownie brioche, Caribbean upside-down cake, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Kouign-amann, Baked sea bass fillet with lemon and tarragon, ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy "terre et mer" pots, Green beans with tomato cream sauce, Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", Green beans "Napoléon", Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, ... All
	Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green bean purée, Filet mignon with mustard and tarragon sauce, Seafood sauerkraut, Mexican ceviche, Crème de foie gras, ... All

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