Peas, French Style I

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Tie halved young onions around parsley stems and brown in 30 g butter; add a ladleful of broth.
  2. Boil until the onions collapse, then sieve them with the juice and return to the heat.
  3. Add the peas and whole lettuce hearts; season and simmer slowly.
  4. Halfway, add 30 g butter kneaded with flour, and broth if needed.
  5. Before serving, bind with two egg yolks dissolved in broth.

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