Peas - dare I serve this as a starter?

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I'm afraid that I've had to remove a post from this thread because of copyright issues. If you want to see the recipe you can find it here

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katholicos

I think that if i were serving say 8 or 9 small meals per guest, then peas on their own, served with a sauce of some kind, may well go down a treat, but as a starter in preparation for a main meal, i would find it a little wierd. If you could make a pea sorbet type starter with a couple of pods assembled on it for decoration and for scooping sorbet i think it could work. Alternatively a pea soup starter with a few podded peas accompanying it would be prefectly acceptable to me. It's a novel and interesting idea, i think you just have to come up with something that will appeal to your guests.

Peas with ham or bacon as a started would be delicious. You could fry some of the peas with pancetta or streaky bacon or bacon bits and add a little this and a little that and serve it with a couple of small pieces of toasted bread....instead of beans on toast it could be 'peas on toast'.

Hope you let us know how it goes and what you eventually serve!

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My peas are almost ready and I can't wait! There is nothing quite like sweet fresh peas straight from the pod.

I love them served fresh and uncooked peas as part of a salad. If I was using them as a starter I'd make a simple green salad, perhaps add your choice of peppers, avocado, tomatoes, cheese etc. The peas add a lovely sweetness to the salad. Just sprinkle them over the top add dressing on the side and enjoy!

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spike7451

How about this Indian dish,Mushrooms with peas?

http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2009/02/10/mushroom-with-peas/

natlie

Jamie Oliver made a pea crostini from raw fresh peas - and broad beans - but you could use just peas http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/bread-recipes/crostini-pea-and-broad-bean-puree-with-p

yummy

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Primrose

Thanks for all your suggestions. They were only going to be served at a very informal supper and I like the idea of serving them as nibbles with drinks, rather than a starter. I was remembering the pleasure I had as a child picking and eating young sweet peas straight from the pod and wanting to pass that experience on as it's almost impossible to buy fresh peas of that quality from the shops these days. Nibbles I think it will be. (And then I can use the pods afterwards to make a pea soup !).

rachbc

you must be looking in the wrong places for peas - I got an huge bag of fabulous sweet fresh peas for 75p from the market yesterday - kept me and 3 kids from our terrace happy for ages shelling them and eating them.

I had buy some after my pathetic effort in the garden this year!

I think serving them as nibbles rather than a starter is fab idea

xxvickixx

Personally I would love this. I'd not even expect a starter at an informal supper though so it would be an added bonus. If you wanted to make it something fancier you could make a ham or lentil and bacon soup and have the peas on the side?

spike7451

Might sound daft,but why not treat them like caviear,serve a few peas on a Blini with sour cream.I'm sure the sweetness of the peas would cut thru the sourness of the cream quite nicely.

celyn90

Could you steam them a bit in their pods and sprinkle with a bit of salt so they are a bit like edamame?

I must admit I don't like uncooked peas - which meant I always got the job of shelling them as a kid as I was the only one that wouldn't sit and eat them!