Pea puree - the general principles of cooking
Not always tasty dishes fall on the holiday table, because they are considered too simple. For example, pea puree - a favorite dish from childhood is practically not consumed by adults. After all, it seems to the majority of housewives that cooking it for a long time, not bringing it to the desired consistency, and then also you will suffer from meteorism from peas. The latter is excluded if you add mashed potatoes to readiness. But with the first two points you can argue. In fact, cooking mashed peas is not long, only you need to pre-fill it with water and let it brew.
After studying the following recipes and tips for cooking pea puree, you will be able to please your homemade delicious, healthy and nutritious dish.
Legumes and peas in particular are a real salvation for vegetarians. No one product of plant origin does not contain as much protein. And the natural combination of protein with carbohydrates makes peas just necessary for the natural development of the body, which is why this dish is so popular in kindergartens and school canteens.
Pea puree - preparation of products and dishes
Before preparing the dish, soak it in water. How long do you need to soak peas? The ideal time interval is 4 hours, but if you keep the peas in water for even two hours, the mashed potatoes will turn out excellent, only you will need to cook it for about an hour. If you do not want to soak the peas, then it will have to be cooked for much longer.
Is it possible not to soak peas? It is possible, but you, thus, will not gain in time - after all then mashed potatoes will need to be boiled for about 3 hours, adding water to it and stirring it.
Be sure to add oils (vegetable or sunflower), vegetables, meat to the mashed potatoes. When the peas are ready, it is better to mash them “turned” with the help of a blender or ordinary pulverizer.
How to serve ready pea puree? A particularly tasty combination with pea puree is smoked meat and meat products - chops, cutlets, pork ribs. Since pea puree is rich in protein, it can be used as an independent dish along with vegetable salad, for example.
Pea Puree Recipes:
Recipe 1: Pea Puree
This is the easiest recipe for pea puree, without additives. Following the recommendations, you get a delicious healthy dish. After the peas are boiled, it is recommended to cool slightly and chop in a blender.
Ingredients Required:
- Peas 1 glass
- Water for mashed 5 glasses
- Condiments
- Vegetable or butter oil for mashed potatoes
Preparation Method:
- Fill the peas with two glasses of water and leave for three to four hours before preparing the mashed potatoes.
- Drain and refill the peas with the remaining water.
- Put the pot of peas on the fire, wait for the water to boil, make the fire medium. Boil the peas under the lid until ready. It will take you about 30-40 minutes.
- If you add water in the indicated proportion, the puree will not be liquid or thick. Add butter to the puree and serve.
Recipe 2: Baby Pea Puree
Such pea puree is served in kindergarten - with carrots and a mild garlic smell. Cook this dish can be at home. You will need a blender. A little secret - if vegetables are added to peas in the cooking process, and not after, then the finished mashed potatoes will be yellow.
Ingredients Required:
- Peas 1 glass
- Garlic 1 prong
- Carrots 1 piece
- Water for mashed 5 glasses
- Butter
- Parsley
- Salt
Preparation Method:
- Before cooking, pour the peas with two glasses of water and let them swell for several hours.
- Drain the peas, pour the remaining three glasses and place the pan on the fire.
- When the water boils in a saucepan, add salt and medium heat and boil the peas with the lid closed for about 30 minutes. Remove the lid and cool the resulting mass.
- Peel the carrots. Wash greens. Remove the husks from the garlic.
- In a blender, mix a piece of butter, vegetables and greens. Add peas to vegetable mass and chop everything again. Pea puree ready!
Recipe 3: Pea Breast Puree
Meat pea puree just will not leave men indifferent! A hearty meal with great aroma will be eaten in the blink of an eye, so immediately do more.
Ingredients Required:
- Peas 1 glass
- Smoked Brisket 200 grams
- Water for mashed 5 glasses
- Garlic 2 teeth
- Meat broth 4 tablespoons
- Sunflower oil
- Onion 1 piece
- Condiments
Preparation Method:
- First of all, you need to prepare peas. Fill it with two glasses of water and leave to swell for three to four hours.
- Drain the peas, fill it with three cups of water and boil.
- As soon as the water in the saucepan boils, salt and medium heat and boil the peas under the lid for about half an hour. Remove the lid and cool the resulting mass.
- Peel the onion and chop it finely.
- Remove the husks from the garlic and cut into slices.
- On a hot oven, oiled, first put garlic and then onion for one minute. Fry until golden brown.
- Cut the brisket into small cubes.
- Chilled pea puree mixed in a blender with fried onions, broth.
- Add chopped brisket to porridge, mix and enjoy the dish.
Recipe 4: Pea Puree with Cheese without Soaking
The above recipes suggest pre-soaking peas. Is it possible to cook a tasty mashed potatoes, if not soaked peas? Let's try! But immediately warn that such peas should cook longer, at least two and a half hours.
Ingredients Required:
- Peas 1 glass
- Chicken or meat broth
- Water for pea puree 4 cups
- Druzhba cream cheese 1 piece
- Parsley
- Salt
Preparation Method:
- Peas wash beforehand.
- Fill it with three glasses of water, bring to a boil, salt and leave to boil for an hour.
- After this period of time, add two more glasses of water to the peas, stir and leave to boil again with the lid closed.
- After half an hour, pour broth into the peas and mix. Twenty minutes later, remove the pan from the heat, mash the contents with a spoon, or chop with a blender.
- Grate the cheese, wash the greens and chop finely. Add these ingredients along with the butter to the warm pea puree, mix and you can serve to the table!
Recipe 5: Hungarian Pea Puree
You will enjoy this recipe from the Hungarian cuisine due to the vegetable taste and brightness of the finished dish. After all, pea puree with bell pepper is a nourishing and aromatic dish!
Ingredients Required:
- Water for mashed 5 glasses
- Peas 1 glass
- Bulgarian pepper 1 piece
- Carrot 1 piece
- Onion 1 piece
- Butter
- Condiments
Preparation Method:
- Before cooking, peas should be soaked. Fill it with two glasses of water and leave to swell for three to four hours.
- After this period of time, drain the water from the peas, fill it with three glasses of water and put it on fire.
- As soon as the water in the saucepan boils, salt and medium heat and cook the peas under a closed lid for about 50-60 minutes. After the peas are boiled, remove the lid and cool the resulting mass.
- Prepare the vegetables. Peel the onion and chop it finely. Wash carrots off the ground and grate. Pepper also wash, remove the middle and cut into strips.
- On a hot, buttered speed, first spread one onion, then grated carrots and pepper. Fry the vegetables for about 10 minutes.
- Chop chilled pea puree in a blender with a slice of butter.
- Add vegetables to it, mix and serve!
Pea puree - secrets and useful tips from the best chefs
- If you cook pea puree without additives, then pour it with vegetable oil with roasted onions, it will be much more tasty.
- To make mashed potatoes is better from crushed peas, and not whole.
- When you cook pea puree, add water to peas in a saucepan at the rate of about 3 to 1.
- If the resulting dish is very liquid, open the pan lid and evaporate the excess liquid.
- After soaking the peas, rinse it with running water, and only then can you shift it to the pan, where you will cook.
