Today I went to the farmer’s market and got some peas. Fresh peas are wonderful to eat raw, but they have to be really really fresh, like eaten the same (or next day) they were harvested. That’s when they taste best, because like corn, when they are cut they start converting their natural sugars to starch and that means than they become less digestible raw. Fresh peas have a distinctive sweet flavor. If they don’t taste sweet, you can still eat them but it’s preferable that you cook them to break down the starch.
Here is a recipe for a raw pea salad that tastes like spring in a plate!
Ingredients ( 2-4 servings)
-3 cups raw shelled peas (about 2 of peas in the pods)/1 1/2 κούπες ξεφλουδισμένο αρακά (περίπου 2 κιλά ολόκληρο αρακά)
-30 cherry tomatoes/ 30 ντοματίνια
- 1/2 bunch of fresh fennel herb/ 1/2 μάτσο φρέσκο μάραθο
-1 lemon/1 λεμόνι
-1/4 cup olive oil/1/4 κούπας ελαιόλαδο
-10 spring onions/10 κρεμμυδάκια φρέσκα
-2 avocados (optional)/2 αβοκάντο (προεραιτικά)
-1 tsp salt/ 1κ.γ. αλάτι
Juice the lemon and mix with olive oil. Chop the spring onions, cherry tomatoes, fennel and avocados. In a bowl mix all the ingredients together and let it sit for 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
Στίβουμε τo λεμόνι και ανακατεύουμε το χυμό του με το λάδι. Ψιλοκόβουμε τα κρεμμυδάκια, τα ντοματίνια, το μάραθο και τa αβοκάντο. Σε ένα μπωλ ανακατεύουμε μαζί όλα τα υλικά και τα αφήνουμε να μαριναριστούν για 10 λεπτά. Σερβίρουμε!
Oh, I can’t wait until fresh peas come in here! And by the way, I absolutely love your heart-shaped measuring cups. They are just too cute!
fresh peas are awesome- i love this recipe- what beautiful shots
sweetlife
Your peas are as tantalizing as a box of sweets, and I regret I will have to wait before I can find some on French markets.
Looks simple, fresh and amazing!
Wow, that looks so fresh and delicious. I love your little heart-shaped measuring cup!
hello! I’ve just discovered your great blog! This fresh pea salad looks amazing. i think peas are one of my fave go-to vegetables. Probably because there’s always a bag of them in my freezer
I discovered your site just yesterday, i googled raw pea salad and one of the links that search engine came up with was this recipe. I am munching on this salad right now, as i am writing this. Thank u, thank u, thank u,
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Beautiful shots! I picked up a pound of fresh peas at the market today, and this looks like a lovely way to enjoy them.