Home🇮🇹 Italy › Genoa (Liguria)

Garlic and Oil Peas

Genoa (Liguria) — Mother recipe · en it

This simple yet exquisite home-cooked dish of peas with just garlic and oil is a classic of Genoese cuisine.

⏱️ 10 min prep + 5 min cottura · 4 porzioni · facile

✏️ Propose your variant

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of peas
  • 500 ml of olive oil
  • 6-8 garlic cloves
  • salt to taste
  • sea salt
  • tomato salt
  • nutmeg salt

Method

  1. In a pan, heat the olive oil and sliced garlic cloves.
  2. Once the oil is shimmering, add the peas and cook for 5-7 minutes.
  3. Season with salt to taste and mix well.
  4. Serve immediately, garnished with a bit of tomato salt and nutmeg salt.
  5. Enjoy your meal!

The story

Garlic and Oil Peas is a Genoese specialty that dates back to the times when pieces of olive oil were precious and used to flavor the simplest dishes.

Community variants (0)

No variants yet: propose the first one!

Comments (0)

Log in to comment

Ad space — become a sponsor