Pea Puree - Side Dish Or Sauce - Chunky Or Smooth - Flawless Food

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Are you looking for a delicious and healthy side dish? Look no further we will show you how to make pea puree! Perfect side dish or sauce to many recipes.

This simple recipe is easy to make and easily adapted in texture and consistency to suit your taste.

Serve it alongside your favourite meal, or make a smoother puree and use it to decorate other dishes.

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• How to make Pea Puree
• 📖 Step by Step Recipe
• Ingredients
• Cooking Tips
• Puree Consistency
• Smooth Texture
• Serving Suggestions
• Baby Food Pea Puree
• Storage
• More side sauce recipes
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How to make Pea Puree

We made it into a thin, smooth puree in this example and served as a decorative sauce with our scallops and black pudding starter.

📖 Step by Step Recipe

Pea Puree - Side Dish or Sauce Recipe

Luke and Kay - Flawless Food Looking for a healthy and delicious side dish or a colourful sauce to help with plating presentation.Pea puree is perfect for adding a splash of green colour, natural sweetness and nutrition to your meals. We show you how to adjust the puree to suit the consistency you like from thick mushy peas to a silky smooth sauce. See the blog post for more ideas to add extra flavour to this side dish 5 from 35 votes Rate this Recipe Print Recipe Pin Recipe SaveSaved! Prep Time 5 minutes minsCook Time 5 minutes minsTotal Time 10 minutes mins Course Sauce, Side Dish, SidesCuisine British, European, French Servings 4 PeopleCalories 86 kcal

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Pea Puree Recipe

• ▢ 300 grams Frozen Peas
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Butter
• ▢ Black Pepper - to taste
• ▢ Salt - to taste

Minted Pea Puree

• ▢ 2 teaspoon Mint Jelly or Sauce

Optional - Extra Flavour Ingredients

• ▢ Vegetable Stock - instead of water
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Garlic Puree
• ▢ Dried or Fresh Herbs

Instructions

• Add frozen peas to a pan of cold water bring to a boil. Once the water has boiled, turn to a simmer and cook peas for two minutes.For extra flavour cook peas in stock instead.300 grams Frozen Peas
• Drain the peas - reserving some water (or stock) to add back during blending.
• Place peas in a food processor or bowl for hand blender, add butter, salt and pepper. Plus any additional flavourings you are using.In this example, we have added mint jelly for a minted pea puree.Salt, Black Pepper, 1 tablespoon Butter, 2 teaspoon Mint Jelly or Sauce
• Blend, adding splashes of the reserved water (or stock) during blending until it reaches your desired consistency.
• Optional: for a smoother puree push the blended peas through a fine sieve. Using a silicone spatula helps push the sauce through the sieve.
• Transfer to a serving dish or use on the plate as a sauce

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Nutrition

Calories: 86kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 4gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 29mgPotassium: 184mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 662IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg Keyword blended peas, easy pea puree, green pea puree, how to make pea puree, mint pea puree, pea and mint puree, pea puree recipe, pea puree sauce, pea sauce, pureed peas Tried this recipe? Share an image on Facebook / Instagram / PinterestPlease mention @flawlessfooduk or tag #flawlessfooduk!

This post was updated on 09/03/2025 with the recipe card placed higher on the page for a better user experience.

Read on below for more details on ingredients serving suggestions and storage advice.

Ingredients

You only need a bag of frozen peas for this simple recipe. We have also included some ideas of what to add for extra flavour.

Frozen peas

Frozen peas are best to use for this recipe, picked and flash-frozen when they are at their sweetest.

Use either frozen petit pois or frozen garden peas; avoid using fresh peas.

Water

Water is needed to cook the peas in. Reserve some cooking water to help create the desired consistency.

So that is all that is needed peas and water! Now for the optional extras for more flavour!

Stock

You can cook the peas in vegetable or chicken stock instead of boiled water for extra flavour.

Salt and pepper

Season to taste with salt and pepper

Butter

Adding butter during blending helps give the puree a creamy texture and richer flavour.

Mint

Adding mint jelly, mint sauce, or freshly chopped mint leaves gives a fresh sweet flavour giving you a minted pea puree. Perfect served with lamb.

Herbs and Spices

Try adding herbs or spices to suit what you are planning to serve.

Garlic

Garlic puree or roasted garlic added during blending helps give extra depth.

Cooking Tips

Add frozen peas to a pan of cold water bring to a boil. Once the water has boiled, turn to a simmer for two minutes.

Drain the peas -reserving some water or stock to add if needed.

Place the drained peas into a food processor or use a handheld blender

Add salt & pepper and any additional flavourings you want to use, and blend to your desired consistency.

Puree Consistency

You can add more liquid to the pea puree to make it more fluid, depending on what you are serving it with?

When served as a vegetable side dish alternative to mash potato or rice, keep it thick with minimal water or stock added, as seen above.

If using pea puree as a sauce to decorate your recipe, add more liquid to make it more fluid.

Add small splashes of water and blend, adding more until you have your desired consistency.

Smooth Texture

If using as a side sauce for decorating or serving younger children, you may want to make the sauce smoother.

Pass the blended peas through a fine sieve to remove any unwanted lumps, and your pureed peas will be super silky smooth!

Using a silicone spatula helps push the blended peas through the sieve.

Serving Suggestions

Pea purée is a great way to add bright green colour and a naturally sweet flavour to your meals. It's perfect as a healthy side dish or a decorative sauce on starters or main courses.

Pea puree above served with no added water for a chunky texture with sea bream, and bulgar wheat.

Below served as a decorative minted pea sauce to our starters recipe, scallops and black pudding. Also great for adding to rolled lamb breast.

Check out this blog for plating presentation ideas including how to decorate a plate with sauce.

Baby Food Pea Puree

Our recipe can also be used to create pureed pea baby food. Simply follow the steps above but avoid using stock, butter or adding salt and pepper to keep it natural.

To make it more palatable and creamy for the baby, add the peas to a blender with a splash of breast or formula milk instead of water.

You should pass it through a sieve to make it extra smooth for your baby.

Storage

Once made, store pea puree in the fridge covered for two days or frozen for three months.

Ice cube trays

We like to portion into ice cube trays. Once frozen, pea cubes can be transferred to a freezer-safe bag and stored for three months.

When you are ready to use, simply remove as many cubes as you need and defrost them in the fridge or microwave.

A great way to always have some on hand, and it's perfect for when you only need a small amount!

We hope you enjoy this pea recipe as much as we do. Let us know in the comments below if you have any questions or suggestions.

Happy cooking!

More side sauce recipes

We have made many fantastic side sauces which are also on our blog, try our peppercorn sauce or creamy whisky sauce perfect served with steak.

Or for roast dinners, we have bread sauce, cranberry sauce or apple sauce. Another quick and easy recipe is our garlic mayo sauce.