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Ingredients
- 1/2 c. Unsalted butter
- 3Â 1/3 lb Fresh peas
- 1 bn Pearl or possibly spring onions
- 1 x Carrot
- 4 x Bibb lettuce hearts
- 1 Tbsp. Sugar
- Â Â Salt
- Â Â Black pepper, freshly grnd
- 1 sprg Thyme
- 1/3 lb Slab bacon
Directions
- Remove the butter from the refrigerator and allow it to soften slightly.
- Shell the peas and place them in a Dutch oven.
- Trim the green tops from the onions, leaving the bulb and about 1 inch of the stem. Peel and chop the carrot.
- Rinse and dry the lettuce hearts. Cut them into large strips.
- Add in the onions, carrot, and lettuce to the pan with the peas. Sprinkle with the sugar and season with salt and pepper. Mix.
- Cut the butter into small pcs and sprinkle proportionately over peas. Mix with your hands to coat the peas and lettuce with the softened butter. Add in thyme.
- Cover the pan and place over medium heat for about 20 min.
- Meanwhile, cut the bacon into small lardons (strips of fat) about 1- by 1/4-inch, removing any rind. Fill a small saucepan with water, bring to a boil and blanch the bacon for about 1 minute. Drain.
- When the peas have cooked, add in the blanched bacon and toss to mix thoroughly. The lettuce leaves will have totally "melted," giving a velvety sweetness to the peas.
- This recipe serves 4.
- Comments: Extremely popular during the seventeenth century, sweet peas are still one of the jewels of Ile-de-France gardens. Those from Saint-Germain were once so famous which this village on the outskirts of Paris gave its name to many different recipes which featured peas. This dish is a flavorful combination of two different classics; petits pois a la bonne femme (prepared with chunks of bacon), and a la francaise (with hearts of lettuce).
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 227g | |
| Recipe makes 4 servings | |
| Calories 475 | |
| Calories from Fat 208 | 44% |
| Total Fat 23.68g | 30% |
| Saturated Fat 14.7g | 59% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 61mg | 20% |
| Sodium 20mg | 1% |
| Potassium 410mg | 12% |
| Total Carbs 59.36g | 16% |
| Dietary Fiber 8.3g | 28% |
| Sugars 13.24g | 9% |
| Protein 8.29g | 13% |
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