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.
This can be a stand-alone dish, or a side dish for meat or fish.
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Last modified on: June 2nd 2024
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2 kgs 100 g mange-tout peas
3 
150 g 
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 18 min. | 11 min. | 29 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Prepare 2 kgs 100 g mange-tout peas by cutting or breaking off each end.
Then wash them.
Then wash them.
Stage 2 - 7 min.
Plunge them into a large pot of boiling salted water.
Cook until just tender.
Cook until just tender.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
In a frying pan over medium heat, pour in 150 g butter, then when hot, add the shallot, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute, without browning.
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.
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 |
| 2,054 Kcal or 8,600 Kj | 69 gr | 160 gr | 126 gr |
| 103 % | 27 % | 15 % | 19 % |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 43.17 €
- Per person : 3.60 €
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)
 | 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: Eggs Benedict , Caramelized pear custard tart, Green beans with tomatoes, Langoustine sabayon tart, Artichoke Soup, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Montbenoit's canapés, Cauliflower curry, Guacamole, Penne with purple artichokes, Marchand de vin sauce, ... All |
 | Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, Sausages with baked beans, French style, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, Bruschetta, Béarnaise sauce, ... All |
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