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French Style Peas (Petits Pois à la Française)

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This is a classic French side dish with peas and bacon, but with a twist.

Generally it's done with lettuce, but today I'm going to use an invasive herb – wild garlic mustard greens. You could use romaine or bibb lettuce instead.

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French Style Peas (Petits Pois à la Française)

Ingredients

  • 3-4 cups blanched peas
  • 1/2 cup chopped bacon (we’re using pepper crusted bacon)
  • 2 big handfuls wild garlic mustard greens (or lettuce)
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
  • juice of one lemon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 cup scallions
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon lemon peel (fine dice)

Cooking Directions

  1. Add 1 teaspoon olive oil to a hot pan, then add 1-1 1/2 tablespoon of butter to the pan, allow the butter to melt (adding the oil to the pan first will keep the butter from burning).
  2. Add the chopped bacon and scallions. Then add the greens. Cook until the greens are wilted.
  3. Add the peas, lemon juice and peel, sugar, salt, and garlic. Cook just until the peas are warmed through.
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