How to cook pea puree?

Peas have long been grown in Russia. From it you can cook a wonderful pea puree, not only delicious, but also very useful.

What are the useful properties of peas?

There is a lot of protein in peas. In it, it is almost as much as in beef. However, it is much more easily absorbed by the body.
The presence in it of trace elements, carbohydrates makes it very useful.
Peas contain vitamins, salts of potassium, manganese, iron. It is not by chance that peas are recommended in medical nutrition, especially in diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Thus, dishes from peas must necessarily be on the menu of a person.

The most popular is pea puree. Correctly cooked it is tender, tasty, satisfying. Puree perfectly fits both meat, fish, and vegetables.

How to cook pea puree? We offer a recipe, according to which it is very easy to cook pea puree.

Recipe for pea puree

First, peas need to be sorted, goodrinse, pour water at room temperature and leave for two hours. If peas are soaked in water for several hours - this is even better. You can even pour it on the water for the night, and in the morning cook the mashed potatoes.

Then put the peas to boil on a strong firebefore boiling. Once the water boils, you need to reduce the fire to a minimum. The pea puree turns out to be perfect, which "languishes" for 2-3 hours on low heat.

Secrets of cooking pea puree:

Water should always cover peas, no need to pour more water. As soon as the water absorbs into the peas - pour a little more. And so do throughout the cooking.
Puree must be constantly stirred, otherwise it will just burn.
Do not miss the boiling period. Remember that peas "run off" like milk. Therefore, water can pour a hotplate, which is fraught with trouble. Do not forget to remove the foam in time. Peas require a constant attention.
Peas are brewed for a long time. The slower the fire and the longer the mashed potatoes, the more it tastes better. It is not for nothing that in ancient times mashed potatoes were cooked in ovens, leaving them in a heated oven for the night.
Ready mashed potatoes should be liquid, like thick sour cream. Let it cool down, it will thicken after a while.

This is the recipe for cooking pea puree. And then everything depends on the imagination. After all, puree can be with a variety of ingredients.

Varieties of pea puree

You can add mashed onions and carrots in puree.
Perfectly combines peas with herbs, so dill, parsley will make it even more fragrant.
Good pea porridge with sunflower oil. By the way, this dish is perfect for the menu during the post.
Perfectly combines pea puree with corn porridge. If the mashed potatoes and porridge are put in layers, after filling with ham and greens, the dish will charm with the refinement of taste.
Fried mushrooms also go well with pea puree.

The multivarka is often used for quick cooking. You can cook pea puree in it. How to cook pea puree in a multivark?

Recipe for pea puree in the multivark

Prepare the peas in the same way as described above (pick, soak).
Put the peas in a multivark of 1 cup of peas for 2 glasses of water.
Enable the "Quenching" mode. Puree will be ready in about two - two and a half hours. This is the time you need to mark on the display.
After the time has been added salt to taste, spices, spices - and again put to stew for 15 minutes.
When the mashed potatoes are ready, fill it with taste.

Unfortunately, and peas have somecontraindications. It is not recommended to eat for people suffering from jade, having a circulatory disorder and with gout. Do not often give mashed potatoes to children, as there may be difficulties with the stool.

But in the main it can be safely included in the menu once or twice a week, which will allow you to eat tasty, useful.

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