Ann Cary Randolphs Peas Recipes

Steps:

• If using fresh peas, shell. If using frozen, rinse to defrost and drain well.
• Melt butter in pot large enough to hold the peas and stock. Stir in flour until well blended. Let cook a little. Stir in the stock slowly, and whisk to keep lumps from forming. Stick cloves into peeled onion and add to pot along with peas. Cook peas about 15 minutes at a simmer. (Cook frozen peas about five minutes.) Remove the onion; stir in the sugar.
• Whisk the yolks with the water and briskly whisk in a few few spoons of hot stock. Whisking constantly, pour the yolk mixture into the peas and cook over low heat. Cook just below simmer, stirring. When mixture thickens a little, remove; season with salt and serve. Do not let mixture boil or it will curdle.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Peel, core and quarter the pears. Slice each quarter into 2 or 3 pieces. Place in large bowl.
• Mix all but 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar with the flour, cinnamon, ginger, raisins and brandy. Add to pears and mix well.
• Chop oats in food processor. Add the remaining brown sugar, the butter and the orange juice concentrate, and mix well.
• Spoon pear mixture into an 8-cup gratin dish, and sprinkle with oat mixture. Bake in lower third of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until oat mixture begins to brown and pears soften. Remove from oven and stir oat mixture into pears. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Bring water to boil for peas. Trim stem ends of peas (the strings will come off with them).
• Remove fat, and slice prosciutto into very thin strips.
• Cook peas in boiling water for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, depending on their size. Drain, and set aside.
• Meanwhile, saute prosciutto in oil in nonstick pan, stirring to keep pieces separated. Cook about 1 minute, just until prosciutto begins to take on color.
• Stir peas into prosciutto, and season with pepper.

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients and mix well. The salad can be eaten immediately or refrigerated. It becomes even more flavorful if it sits for a couple of hours.