Pease pudding is a traditional British recipe hailing from northeastEngland.It is not a pudding in the dessert sense of the word but is a savory dish that is served with cooked meats, most commonly boiled hamor gammon (cured hind leg of pork). Cold, leftover pease pudding can also be fried.
A pease pudding is made from cooking yellow split peas into a lovely soft paste-like consistency. The dish is not unlike the famous mushy peas, also much loved in the North and made with dried marrowfat peas—though you would never fry mushy peas, as they are too soft and do not hold their shape.
Pease puddingis also known locally as pease pottage or pease porridge.This recipe comes from celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's Gammon with Pease Pudding and Parsley Sauce.
What You'll Need to Make This Easy Pease Pudding Recipe
A Handy Dandy Vegetable Peeler
A Nice Saucepan
A Zippy Immersion Blender
"The Easy Pease Pudding was an easy preparation and came out nice and thick. The malt vinegar, butter, and seasonings delivered excellent flavor. I soaked the peas overnight, and they were done cooking within an hour, and I kept them on very low heat until most of the liquid had evaporated. They were perfect." —Diana Rattray
Drain the soaked yellow peas and pour them in a saucepan.
Add the onion, carrot, and bay leaves, and cover with cold water. Bring the peas to a boil. Once boiling, lower the heat and simmer gently for an hour or until the peas are tender. Occasionally skim off any scum that rises to the surface.
Remove the onion, carrot, and bay leaves from the pan and add the peas to a blender. (You can also keep the peas in the current pot/pan and use an immersion blender.) Blend to a thick puree, but do not over mix as the peas do not need to be smooth.
Pour the peas into a clean pan. Add the malt vinegar and season to taste with salt and pepper. Gradually beat in the butter a cube at a time. Keep the pease pudding warm until ready to serve. The pudding will thicken as it cools and thins again when hot. If the pudding becomes dry, add boiling water a little at a time, taking care to not make the pease too thin. Serve with a thick slice of cooked ham or a gammon steak and parsley sauce.
Use Caution When Blending Hot Ingredients
Steam expands quickly in a blender, and can cause ingredients to splatter everywhere or cause burns. To prevent this, fill the blender only one-third of the way up, vent the top, and cover with a folded kitchen towel while blending.
Tips
The peas are done when soft and most of the water has evaporated. Watch the peas carefully near the end of the cooking time and stir to prevent sticking.
Skewering the onion quarters with a few toothpicks will make them easier to remove when the peas are done.
To cook the peas, start with about 3 1/2 to 4 cups of water, or a depth of about 1 inch above the peas. If the water evaporates before the peas are done, add more in small amounts.
How to Store Pease Pudding
Refrigerate pease pudding in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
To freeze, transfer the pudding to an airtight container or zip-close bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
Recipe Variations
Cook the peas with a leftover ham bone or smoked ham hock.
Add a clove of garlic to the peas.
Remove only the bay leaves and carrot. Process or mash the cooked peas and onion together along with the malt vinegar, butter, and seasonings.
Pease Pudding Nursery Rhyme
In case you are in any doubt about the popularity of pease pudding, the traditional dish even has its own nursery rhyme.
"Pease pudding hot! Pease pudding cold! Pease pudding in the pot Nine days old."
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
172
Calories
9g
Fat
20g
Carbs
4g
Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories
172
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9g
11%
Saturated Fat 3g
16%
Cholesterol 11mg
4%
Sodium 304mg
13%
Total Carbohydrate 20g
7%
Dietary Fiber 4g
14%
Total Sugars 10g
Protein 4g
Vitamin C 4mg
21%
Calcium 33mg
3%
Iron 2mg
9%
Potassium 280mg
6%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)
Traditionally pease pudding is served with pork and was often cooked in a muslin with the ham. My version is vegetarian, it's really good hot with roast vegetables and leafy greens or cold in a sandwich – much in the way you might use houmous. If you eat meat, search out a stottie and some good quality ham.
Pease pudding is a pale yellow colour and a lot smoother than its mushy counterpart. It's made by soaking yellow split peas in ham stock and has a creamy, subtle flavour. If you're lucky enough to find proper pease pudding then it also has little chunks of ham in it.
Generally, recipes for pease pudding involve steeping soaked split yellow peas in stock (traditionally ham hock stock) and cooking them for around 40 minutes. The resulting mush is then blended with other ingredients, which depend on the variation.
Pease pudding is claimed to originate from the medieval era and the name a connotation of the yellow split-peas from which it is made, however its resurgence from the 1820's linked to the growth of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and industry such as coal mining associated with the railway has led to another ...
After using pease pudding as a healthy pastry alternative, I decided to try that as a base ingredient. That means the wraps are healthy, vegetarian and best of all low-calorie!
Pease Pudding started off as Pease Pottage or Pease porridge. Pease is the middle English word for Pea. The name Pease Pudding refers to a type of porridge made with Yellow Split Peas. Fresh peas were never used as they would spoil quickly hence why the dry, yellow split pea would be favoured.
Our pease pudding is made with boiled yellow split peas that are seasoned with ham stock and salt and pepper to create our simple yet tasty spread. Pease Pudding is a great accompaniment to ham or sliced gammon.
Add peas to boiling water and bring back to a boil. Remove peas from the cooking liquid and place into a food processor. Add the cooking liquid a little at a time and pulse until you reach a desired consistency. Check seasoning and adjust.
They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while — hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."
Pease pudding is traditionally made using the stock in which you boiled your ham hock. The split peas swell and soak up all the flavour and goodness, and are then served alongside, much like you would mashed potato.
The earliest record of the rhyme was circa 1760 and its exact meaning is unknown. ' Pease' was a type of porridge made from peas which doesn't sound particularly appetising to our modern palate but was probably a very welcome warm meal back then. "
We now have tubs of pease pudding for you. Please note - these have short sell-by dates as contain no artificial colours or preservatives - but these pots can be frozen for up to 3 months (defrost fully before use - may be left with surface water but give it a little mix once defrosted and it will be great).
Leftover pease pudding also reheats well in a microwave. Put in a bowl and cover with clingfilm then heat on full power for about two and a half minutes. It does not freeze well, however.
Warm Chocolate Pudding | TASTE. I serve this pudding warm, y'all, but it's also super delicious served cold. When I was growing up, my mom was always baking in the kitchen, and on special occasions, she would make a chocolate–peanut butter pie with a coconut-and-pecan crust.
The pudding should not be eaten piping hot but needs to cool for at least 30 minutes and if it is left in a warm place after it comes out of the oven then it could be baked an hour or so in advance. The sauce can be made a day ahead and stored in the fridge.
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