Sugar snap peas

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ pounds Sugar snap peas or snow peas, strings removed
2 tablespoons Unsalted butter
2 Shallots; minced
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
3 tablespoons Fresh chives; snipped, or minced basil or parsley leaves

Directions

In a saucepan of boiling salted water, blanch the sugar snap peas for 30 seconds, or until crisp-tender. Drain and refresh them under cold water. In a skillet, heat the butter over moderate heat until hot but not smoking.

Add the shallots and cook, stirring until softened. Add the peas and salt and pepper and cook, stirring until heated through. Stir in the chives.

Yield: 6 servings

Formatted by suechef@...

Recipe by: DEAN FEARING #HE1A06 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #792 by Sue <suechef@...> on Sep 19, 1997

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