All cooking tips and recipes by Lesley Christiansen-Yule, Author of "A Cook's Bible" – Penguin (2007).

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Ingredients

• Salt

• Mint leaves

• 500 g frozen baby peas or freshly shelled peas

• 25 g butter, softened

Method

1. Bring boiling salted water to the boil.

2. Add mint leaves then peas.

3. For frozen peas, quickly bring back to the boil then remove from heat.

4. For fresh peas, quickly bring back to the boil then simmer for 2 or 3 minutes until softened.

5. Drain and mix in the butter.

6. Serve in a heated dish.