Hot chef reveals he cooks from green peas every day

The gentle sweetness of young peas is perfectly revealed in combination with cream and cheese. Its milky taste is shaded with garlic and green onions, fits with stewed meat and red fish. The green pea dishes we picked up will decorate your table this summer and serve as an emerald reminder of last June’s frosty winter days.



GettyImages Dishes from green peas Tortellini with pesto sauce and green peas Contrary to the popular belief that peas are a popular dish, it can be found in the menu of fashionable restaurants. And the pea tortellini (pictured) received rave reviews at the annual Las Vegas Uncork'd culinary festival at the Caesars Palace casino hotel



GettyImages Ingredients

• 0.5 tbsp fresh peas
• 400g tortellini with any filling
• 0.5 tbsp mint leaves
• parsley
• 0.25 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• parmesan
• peppermint

Preparation

1. Boil tortellini (Italian dumplings) until ready according to the instructions.
2. Mix in a bowl of blender mint, parsley, lemon juice and olive oil. Whip it to uniformity.
3. Put in warm tortellini green peas and pesto sauce from a blender.
4. Serve the dish with mint leaves and sprinkle with crushed cheese.
5. Tortellini with pesto sauce and green peas, as in the restaurant of the hotel Caesars Palace ready. Bon appetit!

Italian crostinis are small pieces of toasted bread with a variety of spreads. In our case, we cover them with pea pesto, decorate them with tomatoes, grated cheese and pieces of bacon.



GettyImages Ingredients

• 8 slices of baguette
• 0.3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tomato
• 8 slices of bacon

Pesto sauce ingredients

• 250g fresh or frozen peas
• 1 clove of garlic
• 0.5 tbsp grated parmesan
• 1 tsp major salt
• 0.3 tsp ground pepper
• 0.3 tbsp olive oil

Preparation

1. Grind in a blender peas, garlic, parmesan, salt and pepper. You can save some parmesan for decoration. Pour the olive oil and whip it for another 2 minutes. Put it in a small bowl.
2. Smear slices of baguette with olive oil on both sides.
3. Roast them in a pan until golden color 1-2 minutes. In the same pan, lightly roast the bacon.
4. Paint each slice with a couple of spoons of cooked pesto.
5. Decorate with pieces of tomatoes, bacon, grated parmesan.
6. Serve crostinis with mashed cheese soup. Bon appetit!

Hearing about the salad with peas and eggs, we immediately remember olives. But in the summer you want to add fresh vegetables and cook something lighter. Okay, here we go.



The ingredients

• 1 cucumber
• 2 eggs
• 100g green peas
• 100g cabbage
• 20g green onion
• 2-3 tbsp mayonnaise
• dill

Preparation

1. Boil hard-boiled eggs. Cut cucumbers and peeled eggs with medium-sized cubes.
2. Spray the cabbage. Cut the greens finely. Pour the liquid off the canned peas. Fresh brew 5-10 minutes, depending on the variety and ripeness.
3. Mix all the ingredients. Make the salad mayonnaise. If necessary, salty.
4. Before serving on the table, cool in the refrigerator.
5. Bon appetit!

Pure green peas for mashed potatoes can be used fresh or frozen. How to prepare peas for the winter, we told earlier.



The ingredients

• 600g peas
• 2 tbsp cream with a fat content of 10-20%
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 20g butter
• 1 tsp salt
• 1.5 liters of water

Preparation

1. Frozen peas can not be defrosted. Pour it into a pot with 1.5 liters of boiling water, salty, add garlic.
2. Cook until ready 5-7 (10 for frozen) minutes, removing the foam.
3. Throw the peas on the coop, put them in a blender bowl and whip them to a homogeneous mashed potato.
4. Add butter, pour cream, salt if necessary. Stir thoroughly.
5. Serve the finished mashed potatoes as a side dish for meat and fish. Bon appetit!

Soup with green peas and mint

The ingredients

• 1 tbsp green peas
• 1 bulb
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp water
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 0.5 tsp sugar
• peppery
• peppermint

Preparation

1. Chop the onions and roast for 5 minutes in heated olive oil.
2. Add green peas, cook all together for 2 minutes.
3. Pour water, put salt and sugar, boil for 10-15 minutes.
4. Place the mass in a blender and whip with mint leaves and pepper until homogeneous.
5. Delicious pea soup with mint is ready!

Peas are perfectly preserved and do not lose their properties when canned. So the dishes from our collection can be enjoyed throughout the year. Bon appetit!

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