Easy peasy summer recipe

This easy pea-sy recipe, can be knocked up in about 10-15 minutes and tastes like early summer in a spoonful.

Ingredients

• ½ a bunch of fresh mint, (15g)
• 200 g fresh podded or frozen broad beans
• 200 g fresh podded or frozen peas
• 1 fresh red chilli
• 1 lemon

Method

1. Rip off and keep the top leafy half of the mint. Put the stalks in a pan of boiling salted water

2. Then add the beans and peas to cook for 4 minutes.

3. Finely chop the chilli (de-seed if required) and the top leafy half of the mint. Place in a bowl, finely grate over a little lemon zest, then squeeze in all the juice from the lemon. Add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, mix, taste and season with sea salt and black pepper.

4. Drain the beans and peas, reserving a mugful of cooking water and discarding the mint stalks.

5. Pinch the skins off any larger beans, then pour the beans and peas on to a serving bowl, toss with a few splashes of the reserved cooking water, then spoon over the dressing.

6. Drizzle with 1 more tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and mix together at the table.