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Peas & Beans With Lemon Dressing

Here's how you make Peas & Beans With Lemon Dressing
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 5 ounces green peas (1 cup fresh peas or 1 cup frozen peas, see note below for peas)
  • 12 ounces green string beans (trimmed, 330 grams)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 3 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
  • 1/2 teaspoon caster sugar
  • Sea salt
  • Cracked pepper
  • 2 tablespoons shredded mint
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Bring a large suacepan of salted water to the boil. Cook the peas for 4 minutes (see note). Add the beans and cook for 2 more minutes.

  • Step 2: Drain and keep warm.

  • Step 3: Combine the oil, lemon juice, lemon rind, sugar, salt and pepper in a small saucepan. Cook, stirring, over a low heat for 2 minutes. Remove lemon mixture from the heat and stir through the mint.

  • Step 4: To serve toss in the peas and beans with warm lemon dressing.

  • Note~ Frozen peas cook quicker than fresh peas. If using frozen peas then only simmer for 2 minutes before adding the beans

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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