Inner Peas: Perfect Pea Purée

This perfect pea purée may just make you sing, too. Serve this purée as a side dish, as a
spread on toast or crackers, atop a salad, or as a creamy pesto for pasta or grains. It’s un-pea-lieveable! If you don’t share my enthusiasm for shelling peas, feel free to substitute thawed frozen peas here. Finally—whirled peas!

Inner Peas: Perfect Pea Purée [Vegan]

Ingredients

• 1 cup shelled peas (thawed, if frozen)
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and sliced
• Pinch of cumin
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

1. Steam the peas for 1 minute only! Vegetables that are al dente keep their nutrients intact. (Plus, who likes mushy, wrinkled peas?) Immediately place the peas under cold running water to stop the cooking. If desired, reserve some of the cooled peas for mixing in just before serving (this makes for a coarser texture with some crunch).
2. Add the rest of the peas and the tahini, lemon juice and zest, garlic, cumin, and mint to a food processor or blender and blend until smooth and creamy. If you make the purée with frozen peas, you may wish to add a handful of fresh peas at the end. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

Recipe from Très Green, Très Clean, Très Chic: Eat (and Live!) the New French Way with Plant-Based, Gluten-Free Recipes for Every Season, copyright © Rebecca Leffler, 2015. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Experiment. Available wherever books are sold. theexperimentpublishing.com. Images by Sandra Mahut.

https://onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/perfect-pea-puree/