How To Prepare Sugar Snaps
Most everyone picked the asparagus but we couldnt resist the snap peas.
How to prepare sugar snaps. Fresh ginger balsamic vinegar soy sauce and sesame oil provide a nice blend of flavors in this asian inspired recipe for fresh sugar snap peas. Using one or both hands pick up some sugar snaps and then drop the sugar snaps back into the water. The other day we had to choose between a bunch of asparagus and a bag of sugar snap peas from our csa. They should be sowed as soon as the danger of frost has passed.
Today nearly all peas are sold canned or frozen and fresh peas are usually only available for a short time before summer temperatures get too hot. Gluten free paleo and vegan options. Immediately transfer the sugar snap peas to the bowl of ice water. Dont fill the bowl with water at the top to prevent the sugar snaps from falling down into the sink.
Sweet crunchy and delicious raw or cooked or pickled or roasted they are one of the most wonderful foods of springhere are 5 very different way to eat sugar snap peas. Add the sugar snap peas salt and pepper and saute tossing occasionally for 3 to 5 minutes until the sugar snap peas are crisp tender. Sugar snap peas are sweet with a nice crunch and theyre incredibly easy to prepare. Once again drain them well in a colander.
Repeat about three to five times. This quick to cook recipe will complement most any entree including ham lamb chicken or fish. There are several strategies such as removing the tough strings and choosing seasonings that will help you prepare your sugar snap peas. Drain the sugar snap peas quickly in a colander.
Best of all its easy to double for large crowds. Wash the sugar snaps. They are one of the earliest crops that you can grow in your garden. Leave the peas in the ice water for 2 minutes.
On average sugar snap peas take 60 days to harvest after. Sugar snap peas were developed dr. Whether theyre in a stir fry salad pasta dinner or simply eaten alone as a snack theyre sure to taste great. Calvin lamborn in the late 1960s when he crossed shelling peas with sugar peas and developed a sweet pea with an edible pod.
Fill the bowl containing the sugar snaps with water to wash. Spread the blanched sugar snap pea pods in a single layer on a baking. Garlic sesame snap peas grilled snap peas with feta and mint and roasted snap peas with parmesan. How to cook sugar snap peas three simple recipes that can be cooked in under 10 minutes.
This stops the residual heat in the peas from continuing to cook them.