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Time: Altogether, 3/4 hour

Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons

Ingredients
  1. 2 quarts of green peas
  2. 3 oz. of fresh butter
  3. a bunch of parsley
  4. 6 green onions
  5. flour
  6. a small lump of sugar
  7. 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
  8. teaspoonful of flour
Directions
  • Shell sufficient fresh-gathered peas to fill 2 quart
  • Put them into cold water, with the above proportion of butter, and stir them about until they are well covered with the butter
  • Drain them in a colander, and put them in a stewpan, with the parsley and onions
  • Dredge over them a little flour, stir the peas well, and moisten them with boiling water
  • Boil them quickly over a large fire for 20 minutes, or until there is no liquor remaining
  • Dip a small lump of sugar into some water, that it may soon melt; put it with the peas, to which add 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
  • Take a piece of butter the size of a walnut, work it together with a teaspoonful of flour; and add this to the peas, which should be boiling when it is put in.
  • Keep shaking the stewpan, and, when the peas are nicely thickened, dress them high in the dish, and serve.

  • Source: The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (1859)

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