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Pea Powder

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. a drachm of celery seed
  2. Water
  3. an ounce of dried mint
  4. a drachm of cayenne pepper
  5. a drachm of allspice
Contains Celery Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Pound in a marble mortar, half an ounce of dried mint, and the same quantity of sage, a drachm of celery seed, and a quarter of a drachm of cayenne pepper, to which a drachm of allspice or black pepper may be added.
  2. Pub them through a fine sieve.
  3. This is an excellent flavour for pea soup and water gruel.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mortar and pestle
  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve