Peas! They are too good this season to be relegated to a simple side dish! Here's how to best exploit them for the absolute pleasure of our palate
THE peas in this season they are tender and sweet, ideal for the preparation of many dishes.
Today we suggest you some easy recipes for cooking excellent appetizers.
Do you want to drink a glass of fresh white wine with friends and want to amaze them with light and tasty vegetable based appetizers? Here are 5 ideas with peas that will win you over.
These are recipes that can be served as an appetizer to eat standing or even as a main course along with a fresh side dish.
Savory pies, but not onlyalso puddings and pâté to spread on bread and crostini, all rigorously prepared with an excellent ingredient this season: peas.
Needless to say, you must use those bought from your trusted grocery store or local market and not those packaged or frozen in the supermarket. The quality of raw materials is all in simple recipes.
How to prepare peas
Before thinking about how to use them in your recipes, cook them.
Shell them well, blanch them quickly in water and then pass them immediately in ice or in very cold water if you want to keep the color bright and crisp.
Alternatively, if you like them softer and tastier, put them in a pan for a few minutes with Evo oil, onion and parsley and then use them to prepare the appetizers that we offer or to stuff meatballs, vegetable casseroles, meat pockets, rolls or simply as an accompaniment to your seconds.
Here are the five recipes that will make your spring aperitifs special.
Quiche with peas
To prepare it you can use puff pastry or puff pastry.
Once the dough is spread inside a mold, punch it with a fork and then pour in a mixture prepared with 250 ml of fresh cream, a beaten egg, grated parmesan, salt and pepper and the peas cooked in a pan.
You can also add cubes of smoked bacon or cooked ham.
Cook at 180 ° for about 30 minutes.
Pizza-tortilla with peas
For the base you can use a tortilla or even a piadina. If you have time and desire you can also prepare the classic base for leavened pizza.
Cook the base in a pan two minutes per side and then at the end of cooking add the fresh ricotta and peas. Complete with aromatic herbs, a drizzle of oil, salt and pepper.
If you use the pizza base, cook it in a white oven with just oil and salt and then fill it.
Simple savory pie with peas
Also in this case you can use the base you prefer between brisée, salted pastry, puff pastry or pasta with wine.
Stuff the savory pie with peas and other vegetables such as broad beans, cherry tomatoes, courgettes, spinach and whatever you like. Simply cook the vegetables in the pan and then mix them with ricotta or other cheeses such as mozzarella or fontina if you want a racy result.
Also add one or two beaten eggs to the mixture and then cook everything at 180 degrees for about 35 minutes.
Savory plumcake with vegetables
For this recipe we always suggest using 125g yogurt jars as measuring cups.
Then mix a jar of whole plain yogurt with three eggs, a small jar of oil, three jars of flour, one of grated Parmesan, a packet of yeast, salt, pepper and the vegetables of your choice.
Fill a greased and floured plum cake mold and bake at 180 ° in a static oven for about 40 minutes.
Crostino with mashed beans and peas
This is a very tasty finger food. Broad beans, peas and pecorino, can you think of a better combination?
First, fry the beans and peas in a pan with onion and a little oil.
Add salt and pepper and mix everything with some ricotta, robiola or goat cheese spreads.
You can also simply blend the vegetables without adding anything else.
Spread the cream on the croutons and complete with flakes of seasoned pecorino and a dash of Evo oil.
Now take a look at gallery to discover the final result of the recipes we have proposed to you.
We bet that you will immediately get to work!
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