A great classic of French cuisine, pure pleasure for vegetable or traditional dishe lovers of seasonal. Wonderful combination of sweet green peas, spring onion and lettuce. Possible with frozen peas to serve all year long. Vegetarian version without bacon.
Peel carrots and slice them. Coarsely dice spring onions (white and green parts, thus with the beginning of stem). Cut garlic in half and remove the germ if necessary. Finally, roughly chop a few lettuce leaves.
Cook
Melt a large knob of butter in a casserole dish.Fry carrot, garlic and onion in the butter for a few minutes, then add diced bacon.
After 10 minutes, add peas, stir, pour water to ¼ of the height, not too much. Season with salt and pepper to taste, add thyme. Cover and cook for 5 to 10 minutes until the peas are cooked. Just a few minutes before the end, add chopped lettuce. We just want to poach lettuce a bit.
Remove garlic and thyme before serving.
Notes
You can make this recipe with frozen peas. Then pour less water. Refer to the information given at the beginning of the article to learn more on the ingredients and the cooking technique.