Peas Porridge

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

a quart of green peas ↝ Peas, green, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a quart of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a bundle of dried mint ↝ Spearmint, dried [Spices and Herbs]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
some beaten pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
a piece of butter as big as a walnut rolled in flour ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
two quarts of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (7)

Put the green peas, water, dried mint, and salt into a pot.
Boil until the peas are quite tender.
Add the beaten pepper and the butter rolled in flour.
Stir all together and let it boil for a few minutes.
Add the milk and let it boil for a quarter of an hour.
Remove the mint.
Serve.

Original Text

To make Peas Porridge.
TAKE a quart of green peas, put to them a quart of water, a bundle of dried mint, and a little salt. Let them boil till the peas are quite tender, then put in some beaten pepper, a piece of butter as big as a walnut rolled in flour, stir it all together, and let it boil a few minutes: then add two quarts of milk, let it boil a quarter of an hour, take out the mint, and serve it up.

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