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Frogleg > wrote in message >. ..
> On 18 Oct 2004 10:47:33 -0700, (maria) wrote:
>
>
> >Ingredients
> >400gr saffron tagliatelle
> >400gr of thin peas (fresh or deep-frozen)
> >1 medium onion
> >30gr. of butter
> >
> >Procedure
> >Cook the fresh peas without bean in hot salt water for only 3-4
> >minutes. Strain off the peas and cook them for 10 minutes in a
> >frying-pan with butter and onion cut in thin pieces. Cook the
> >tagliatelle in hot salt water and when it's ready add the peas and a
> >little more of butter, to mix very well and to serve hot.
>
> What is a "thin pea"? And what does "cook without bean" mean?

I suspect they are like snow peas, or in this case, just the pods
themselves. I haven't seen an Italian dish like this, but have seen a
few curries that use the pods without the peas (beans).

What one would do with the small amount of peas you get from snow peas
is beyond me.

Dean G.