Tuscan Peas

Terese's Note:

Peas cooked with sage add a delicious flavour, far less predictable than mint. Last time I cooked this was with a roast chicken and it was went great.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 slices bacon
• 2 tablespoons light olive oil
• ½ cup chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 500 g frozen peas
• fresh ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Peel onion and chop finely.
2. Crush, peel and chop garlic.
3. Derind bacon and finely chop.
4. Heat oil in a saucepan and saute onion, garlic and bacon until onion is clear.
5. Add stock and sage and bring to the boil.
6. Add peas and cook, covered, for 10 minutes.
7. Season with pepper and serve without draining.

Reviews

[Red in US]

Loved this recipe. At first I was iffy while cooking it because I felt it was missing something but then added 2 T of butter to the pan and loved the taste. Definitely will fix this again.

[Jamie B]

I made this for Thanksgiving, and everyone said they liked it, but nobody gushed over how good it was. I used precooked Italian sausage instead of bacon, because I found the recipe after I'd finished shopping, and that's all I had. Next time, I'll use bacon, or at least add the sausage with the peas instead of with the onion.

[Saturn]

These were really good. I felt that the bacon flavour got a bit lost though. All in all, it was nice to serve boring peas in a new exciting way. I may try adding the bacon already cooked at the end. Thanks for expanding my horizons!