Sugar Snaps With Flowering Pea Shoots Peas And Baby Onions Recipes

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan and add onion.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened but not transparent (about 2-3 minutes).
• Add remaining ingredients (EXCEPT PEA PODS) and bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a medium heat and add Pea pods.
• Cook until vegetables are tender (about 1-2 minutes) and heated through or to desired crispness.
• NOTE: If you remove pea pods from freezer before you get started and let them sit on counter in package, they will defrost just a little and cooking time may shorten slightly.

Steps:

• In a medium skillet over medium high heat, brown chopped bacon. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate. Add onion to the pan. Saute chopped onions 3 minutes or so, until they are just tender. Add peas and water to the pan. Cover and cook peas 5 minutes. Uncover and allow the liquid to cook almost out of the pan. Add bacon back to the skillet and remove pan from heat. Transfer to a serving dish and enjoy!

Steps:

• Boil pearl onions in salted water 15 minutes and drain in a colander. Rinse under cold water, then peel.
• Cook scallions and sugar snaps in a large pot of boiling salted water 1 minute. Add shelled peas and pearl onions and cook 1 minute more, or until all vegetables are crisp-tender. Drain vegetables and toss with pea shoots, butter, and salt and pepper to taste in a large bowl.

Steps:

• Make the salad: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wrap red beets in parchment, then in foil. Repeat with yellow beets. Bake until tender, 60 to 65 minutes. Let stand until cool enough to handle. Peel, and halve (or quarter larger beets). Place red and yellow beets in separate bowls.
• Add peas to bowl with yellow beets. Sprinkle red and yellow beets with the thyme, salt, and pepper.
• Make the dressing: Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion, and cook, stirring frequently, until caramelized, about 30 minutes. Stir in thyme and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to a food processor, and puree. Add water, salt, pepper, and remaining 2 teaspoons oil and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Puree until smooth. (Dressing should be thick.)
• Toss 1/2 of the dressing with the red beets and 1/2 with the yellow beet mixture. Combine beets, and gently toss with shoots. Garnish with pea flowers if desired, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, shallow pan over high heat. Cook garlic 30 seconds, stirring to prevent burning. Combine stock and oyster sauce in a bowl; add to pan. Add peas; cook, turning peas constantly, until bright green and crisp, about 2 minutes. Divide among 8 bowls; top each with a handful of pea shoots.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Have ready a bowl of well-salted ice water. Drop peas into boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, about 1 minute; use a slotted spoon to transfer peas to ice water to cool completely. Drain well and pat dry with a towel.
• In a small bowl, whisk together garlic and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk in oil. Add pea shoots or arugula and toss to coat.
• Scoop out runny cheese from inside rind and spoon onto four small plates, smoothing the cheese to cover most of the plate. Scatter snap peas on top of cheese. Drizzle with olive oil. Mound greens over peas. Sprinkle with chervil or chives and serve.

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and beer in a bowl until smooth.
• Heat 2 inches oil in a 4-quart heavy pot over moderate heat until it registers 365°F on thermometer.
• Working in batches of about 15, toss sugar snaps in batter until coated. Lift sugar snaps out of batter 1 at a time, letting excess batter drip off, and transfer to oil. Fry sugar snaps, turning with a slotted spoon, until golden, about 1 1/2 minutes. Transfer with slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. (Return oil to 365°F between batches.)
• Serve sugar snaps warm.