Chilled Snap Peas With Creamy Tarragon Dressing Recipe

Chilled Snap Peas with Creamy Tarragon Dressing

From mystic_river1 15 years ago

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20 minutes to make
Serves 4

Crisp chilled snap peas with creamy tarragon dressing make a nice alternative to a lettuce-based salad. The dressing can be doubled and used for chicken salad. Substitute fresh or dried dill for the tarragon if you like. Read more See less

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Ingredients

1 pound sugar snap peas, trimmed (about 4 cups) shopping list
2 tablespoons reduced-fat mayonnaise shopping list
2 tablespoons low-fat plain yogurt or nonfat buttermilk shopping list
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon or 1 teaspoon dried shopping list
1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
Freshly ground pepper to taste shopping list

How to make it

Steam peas over 2 inches of boiling water, stirring once, until crisp-tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with paper towel. Refrigerate until chilled, about 20 minutes.
Whisk mayonnaise, yogurt (or buttermilk), tarragon, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Add peas; toss well to coat. Serve chilled.
MAKE AHEAD TIP: Refrigerate peas and dressing separately for up to 1 day. Toss together just before serving.

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hollymayb ate it and said...
Thanks- this recipe is perfect! I live in a condo, so I'm not lucky enough to grow my own peas, but I do grow tarragon, and I'll be going to the farmer's market for the rest! Great post!
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trigger ate it and said...
Snap Peas are just coming up so I am lucky you posted this great recipe for them. Yum fresh tarragon really makes this dressing a winner.
Michael
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Thanks- this recipe is perfect! I live in a condo, so I'm not lucky enough to grow my own peas, but I do grow tarragon, and I'll be going to the farmer's market for the rest! Great post!

hollymayb in Baltimore loved it
Snap Peas are just coming up so I am lucky you posted this great recipe for them. Yum fresh tarragon really makes this dressing a winner.
Michael

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