Fresh peas are so versatile that the possibilities are nearly endless. They pair well with veggies and herbs, rice, beans, cheese, grains, and more. This is a perfect example of taking a vegetable and only being limited by your imagination. Add pea blossoms and tendrils to your brainstorming, and the potential for flavorful, new, eye-catching dishes expands even further.
At the Bar: Peel and Eat!
Edamame is a popular snack, but you can also offer guests the opportunity to shell and eat fresh sweet peas at your bar. The taste is exceptional, as sweet peas are in season months before soybeans, making them an excellent choice for a bar snack.
Fine Dining: Sweet Pea Butter
In this dish, we made our own sweet pea butter with grilled onions, pea tendrils, and ramps from Cresto de Gallo. Delicious pasta can be created with Arcobaleno pasta machines for an offering that your fine dining establishment can make uniquely your own.
Country Club Dining:
For this dish, you don’t have to stand over a counter or sink, shelling your own English peas. The Chef’s Garden does that for you, allowing you to offer this wonderful dish with flavorfully fresh English peas without doing the tedious shelling.
More About Peas
At The Chef’s Garden, we offer a range of fresh peas, tendrils, blossoms, and more to perfectly pair up with the dishes and menus you have in mind. They include:
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English Peas
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Shelled Peas
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Pea Tendrils
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Verde Pea Tendrils
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Calvin Pea Tendrils
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Gold Pea Tendrils
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Pea-Riffic Peas (microgreens)
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Mixed Pea Blossoms
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Purple Pea Blossoms
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White Pea Blossoms
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Mixed Snow Peas
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Golden Snow Peas
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Green Snow Peas
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Purple Snow Peas
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Speckled Snow Peas
Each of these will be regeneratively farmed during the proper season and harvested at the peak of freshness before being shipped to you.
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