Minted fresh peas
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 8 lg Lettuce leaves
- 3 lb Green peas shelled
- 3/4 ts Sugar
- 3/4 ts Salt
- 1/8 ts Pepper
- 1 1/2 ts Finely chopped fresh mint or
- 1/4 ts Dried mint leaves
- 3 tb Butter or margarine
- 1. Wash lettuce leaves and line a deep
Instructions:
1 1/2-quart heat- resistant non-metallic casserole with half of the moist lettuce leaves. Top with peas. 2. Sprinkle peas with sugar salt pepper and mint and dot with butter. Cover peas with remaining lettuce leaves. Heat covered tightly in Microwave Oven 9 minutes or until peas are tender. 3. Carefully tilt cover to allow steam to escape. Then remove cover. 4. Remove lettuce leaves and toss peas well before serving. VARIATIONS: 1/4 teaspoon dried chervil or savory may be substituted for dried mint leaves.
