Peas with Bacon Recipe
Peas with Bacon Recipe with Peas, Mint, Lettuce, Onion, Bacon, Butter and Flour.
INGREDIENTS
2 pints Shelled Peas
1 Sprig of Mint
1 Small Lettuce
1 Small Onion
3 oz (75g) Streaky Bacon
1 oz (25g) Butter
1 oz (25g) Flour
2 pints (1.2 litres) Water
1 teaspoon Salt
METHOD
Wash the shells and / or pods of the peas and put them on to boil in the water with a sprig of mint, the lettuce, salt and onion, and let these boil together for 20 minutes. Strain the liquid from the above into a saucepan, and when it boils put in the shelled peas. Boil until the peas are tender. When the peas are cooked, work up the butter with the flour, and stir this into the peas by degrees. Cut the bacon into dice, and fry until crisp. Mix the bacon in with the peas, place all in a hot dish, and garnish with fried croutons of bread.
Enough for 3 or 4 people.
Based on the Peas with Bacon recipe in:
Cookery Illustrated & Household Management
by Elizabeth Craig (Odhams Press 1936).