Pea puree - the general principles of cooking
Delicious dishes do not always get 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 to cook it for a long time, not to bring 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 tasty, 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 hold 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 much longer.
Is it possible not to soak peas? It is possible, but you will not gain in time in this way - after all, then the puree 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 finished mashed potatoes.
When the peas are ready, it is better to mash them “turned” with a blender or ordinary pulverizer.
How to serve ready pea puree? Smoked meat and meat products - chops, cutlets, pork ribs are a particularly tasty combination with pea puree. Since pea puree is rich in protein, it can be used as an independent dish along with vegetable salad, for example.
Recipes pea puree:
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:
- Pea 1 glass
- Water for mashed 5 glasses
- Seasonings
- Vegetable oil or cream for mashed potatoes
Cooking 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 until the water boils, 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, then the puree will not be liquid or thick. Add butter to the puree and serve.
Recipe 2: Pea puree "Baby"
Such pea puree is served in kindergarten - with carrots and a mild garlic smell. You can cook this dish at home. You will need a blender. A little secret - if you add vegetables to peas in the cooking process, and not after, then the finished puree will be yellow.
Ingredients Required:
- Pea 1 glass
- Garlic 1 prong
- Carrots 1 piece
- Water for mashed 5 glasses
- Butter
- Parsley
- Salt
Cooking method:
- Before cooking, pour the peas in two glasses of water and let them swell for several hours.
- Drain the peas, pour the remaining three glasses and put the pan on the fire.
- When the water in the pan boils, salt and medium-high heat and cook the peas under a closed lid 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 herbs. Add peas to vegetable mass and chop everything again. Pea puree ready!
Recipe 3: Pea mashed bacon
Meat pea puree will definitely 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:
- Pea 1 glass
- Smoked Brisket 200 grams
- Water for mashed 5 glasses
- Garlic 2 prong
- Meat broth 4 tablespoons
- Sunflower oil
- Onion 1 piece
- Seasonings
Cooking 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 glasses of water and boil it.
- As soon as the water in the pot boils, salt it, make a medium heat and boil the peas under the lid closed for about half an hour. Remove the lid and cool the resulting mass.
- Peel the onion and chop it finely.
- With garlic, remove the husk and cut into pieces.
- On a hot oven, oiled, first lay 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 cheese puree without soaking
The above recipes suggest pre-soaking peas. Is it possible to cook a delicious mashed potatoes, if not soaked peas? Let's try! But just warn you that such peas should cook longer, at least two and a half hours.
Ingredients Required:
- Pea 1 glass
- Chicken or meat broth
- Water for pea puree 4 glasses
- Cream cheese "Friendship" 1 piece
- Parsley
- Salt
Cooking method:
- Wash peas 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 cheese, wash greens and chop finely. Add these ingredients along with the oil to the warm pea puree, mix and can serve to the table!
Recipe 5: Hungarian Pea Puree
You will enjoy this recipe from Hungarian cuisine thanks 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
- Pea 1 glass
- Bulgarian pepper 1 piece
- Carrot 1 piece
- Onion 1 piece
- Butter
- Seasonings
Cooking method:
- Before cooking peas need to soak. 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 a fire.
- As soon as the water in the pan boils, add salt and medium heat and boil 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 oven, buttered, first spread one onion, then grated carrots and peppers. Cook the vegetables for about 10 minutes.
- Chopped pea puree chop in a blender with a piece of butter.
- Add vegetables to it, mix and serve!
Pea puree - secrets and tips from the best chefs
- If you cook pea puree without additives, then pour it with vegetable oil with fried onions, it will be much more tasty.
- It is better to prepare mashed potatoes from crushed peas, but not the 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, then open the lid of the pan and evaporate the excess liquid.
- After soaking the peas, rinse it with running water, and only after that you can shift it to the pan, where you will cook.
