Green Peas with Cream

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

a quart of fine green peas ↝ Peas, green, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a piece of butter as big as an egg, rolled in a little flour ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
as bit of sugar as big as a nutmeg ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
a little bundle of sweet herbs
some parsley chopped fine ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
a quarter of a pint of boiling water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a quarter of a pint of good cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]

Instructions (4)

Put the peas in a stew-pan with the butter, salt, nutmeg, sugar, sweet herbs, and parsley.
Add the boiling water, cover close, and let them stew very softly half an hour.
Pour in the cream and give it one boil.
Serve it up for a side-dish.

Original Text

Green Peas with Cream.
TAKE a quart of fine green peas, put them in a stew-pan with a
piece of butter as big as an egg, rolled in a little flour, season
them with a little salt and nutmeg, as bit of sugar as big as a
nutmeg, a little bundle of sweet herbs, some parsley chopped fine,
a quarter of a pint of boiling water. Cover them close, and let
them stew very softly half an hour, then pour in a quarter of a
pint of good cream. Give it one boil, and serve it up for a
side-dish.

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