Early Green Peas with Mint and Orange
A pound of fresh peas will yield about 1 cup fresh shucked peas.
Early Green Peas with Mint and Orange
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 cups shucked early green peas
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind just the orange part
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 tablepspoon fresh chopped mint leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
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Melt the butter in a saucepan, and cook the peas, rind, and orange juice over medium heat for about 10 mintues. You want the peas warmed throughout, but not browned.
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Add in the mint, and season with salt and pepper.
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Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Fresh peppermint or spearmint could be used in this recipe; whatever you have on hand in your garden.
Adapted from Southern Living Magazine, Issue May 2006
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