Savory Pease Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Brush a 4-cup ovenproof dish with melted butter or oil.
• Place first three ingredients in a large saucepanand cover with water; place lid on saucepan and cook over gentle heat until the peas start to split.
• Drain peas and discard rosemary; mash and add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
• Pour mixture into dish; place into a larger baking pan and fill that pan with water to come halfway up the side.
• Bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until pudding sets.
• Serve warm.

Steps:

• Tip the peas into a bowl, cover with cold water and leave to soak overnight.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Add the onion and carrot and fry over a low heat for 10-15 mins, or until soft and translucent but not brown.
• Drain the peas and tip into the saucepan with the bay leaf and thyme. Cover with about 1 litre cold water, bring to the boil and skim off any foam. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, stirring often, for 2 hrs 30 mins, or until the peas are soft, adding more water as needed (you may need to add about 500ml). Remove and discard the bay leaf and thyme. Blitz with a hand blender until smooth, then stir through the vinegar and butter. Season with sea salt and some black pepper, then serve with thick slices of roast ham.

Steps:

• Soak the ham and peas separately overnight.
• Drain and add to large saucepan with onions and enough cold water to cover.
• Simmer gently for 2 hours, ( the peas will become a puree,,,that's meant to happen).
• Remove the ham and allow to cool.
• Add the egg butter and seasoning to the peas and mix well.
• Pour into a greased pudding bowl.
• Using a steamer or a half filled pan of boiling water with a well-fitting lid, steam for 1 hour.
• Serve warm with slices of cold ham.

Steps:

• Wash peas, soak in water overnight, then rinse.
• Place peas in pudding bag (can use thin towel or cloth).
• Tie bag - allowing room for expansion
• Cook in salted water for approximately 2 hours.
• Remove bag from pot and squeeze out excess water
• Remove peas from bag and mash with butter, salt and pepper.
• You can press the mixture into a curved cereal bowl, then turn over and tap the bottom to remove. This will give the pease pudding a nice domed shape.

Steps:

• Drain the yellow split peas that you soaked in water overnight and put them in a large soup pot.
• Add 6 cups of broth, left over from your St. Patrick's Day corned beef and cabbage meal.
• Bring the liquid to a boil, skimming off any "guck" that comes to the surface. Reduce heat to medium low, and cook for 90 minutes, adding more broth as needed.
• After the split peas are soft, drain off any excess liquid. Add the butter and mash up the peas, seasoning with salt and pepper if needed.
• This can be served as a main dish or a side. Also good to use as a spread on bread.

Steps:

• Place the bread in a bowl and cover with warm water, leave for five minutes.
• In a food processor mix the liver, bacon fat and the onion, do not over process, the ideal is a course mix.
• Press the bread as dry as possible and beat with a fork till smooth, add the herbs and seasoning to the bread. Add the minced meat and mix the bread and meat well.
• Flour hands and form the mix into largish balls , not too large!
• Place in a lightly greased tin and bake in the oven 450 degrees till firm, about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile put the lentils in a pan, cover with water bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer till soft. Drain the lentils and mash them adding the salt.
• Serve the faggots on a bed of lentils with a rich onion gravy poured over. Wonderful.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a food processor, whir together the black soybeans and green peas.
• Add the onion, leek, eggs, sherry, bacon grease, garlic powder, and soy flour, and whir it all together for about a minute.
• Pour it into a bowl and stir in the shredded mozzarella.
• Pour it all into a buttered casserole dish, then lay the sliced bacon over the top.
• Pop it into the oven, covered, and bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove the cover and broil for about 5-10 minutes until the bacon on top is crispy.
• Makes 3-4 servings.
• Enjoy!
• See the "Frog in a Bog" recipe for a variation on Pease Pudding.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the bread, Swiss cheese and half of the Parmesan cheese.
• In a large skillet over medium-low heat, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter. Add mushrooms, and saute until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer mushrooms to the mixing bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter to the skillet, and add the spinach and Swiss chard leaves. Saute until wilted, about 2 minutes, and transfer to the mixing bowl.
• Bring a small pan of water to a boil, and add the leeks and Swiss chard stems. Blanch for 1 minute, remove from heat and drain well. Add to bread mixture.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rub the inside of an 8-inch-square baking pan with the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. In a medium bowl, beat egg just until blended.
• In a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine milk and heavy cream. Bring to a boil, and remove from heat. While whisking vigorously, add about 1/2 cup of the hot milk mixture to the egg, then return the egg mixture to the pan and whisk until blended. Add milk mixture to the bowl of dry ingredients, and stir. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer mixture to the baking pan, pressing gently on surface. Bake pudding until set, about 15 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven. Preheat a broiler with a rack about 6 inches from the heat. Unmold pudding onto a cookie sheet or other flat pan. Sprinkle remaining Parmesan cheese on top of the pudding, and place under broiler until golden brown, about 20 seconds. Serve while hot.