Best Italian Pea Pottage Recipes

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PEASE POTTAGE



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The use of Pease ...being dry they serve to boil into a kinde of broth or pottage, wherein many doe put Tyme, Mints, Savoury, or some other such hot herbs, to give it the better rellish, and is much used in Towne and Country in the Lent time, especially of the poorer sort of people. It is much used likewise at Sea for those of them that goe long voyages, and is for change, because it is fresh, a welcome diet to most persons therein. John Parkinson, Paradisi in Sole, Paradisus Terrestris (London, 1629) Facsimile reprint as A Garden of Pleasant Flowers. New York: Dover, 1976, p. 524 Pease Pottage was one of the most common dishes eaten at sea in the 1600s, using the shipboard staples of dried peas and salted meat. This simple dish, with perhaps a few herbs added was also frequently eaten by landsmen in the winter and spring. Many generations of New Englanders have grown up this dish by its modern name -- pea soup.

Provided by Charlotte J

Categories     Pork

Time 2h15m

Yield 4 Generously serves four hungry sailors

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 1/2 cups whole peas, rinsed and picked over
8 cups water (plus additional water for soaking peas)
4 ounces thick sliced bacon, coarsely chopped

Steps:

  • Place peas in a bowl and add water to cover by 3 inches.
  • Leave overnight for cooking in the morning or soak all day to cook for dinner.
  • Drain peas and discard water.
  • Place peas and bacon in a large pot and add 8 cups fresh water.
  • Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn heat down to gently simmer for 2 hours or until peas are soft and easily mashed.
  • Add water if necessary to keep from burning.
  • Serve with pilot crackers (the modern equivalent of ship's biscuit) and beer for a true shipboard meal.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 180.2, Fat 12.9, SaturatedFat 4.3, Cholesterol 19.3, Sodium 252.2, Carbohydrate 9.6, Fiber 3.3, Sugar 3.6, Protein 6.5

ITALIAN PEAS



Italian Peas image

This is my mom's recipe. Let's just say, you'll never look at peas the same way again...they are sooo good.

Provided by WORSHIPWARRIORMT

Categories     Side Dish     Vegetables     Onion

Time 15m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
16 ounces frozen green peas
1 tablespoon chicken stock
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion; cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add frozen peas, and stir in stock. Season with salt and pepper. Cover, and cook until the peas are tender, about 5 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 106.3 calories, Carbohydrate 12.3 g, Cholesterol 0.1 mg, Fat 4.8 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 120.5 mg, Sugar 4.8 g

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