Wholemeal pea and mint crostini

Name: Wholemeal pea and mint crostini
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300g frozen peas; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped; 1 tsp olive oil; 0.25 tsp salt; 4 wholemeal bread slices, halved; 1 garlic clove, halved

Crushed peas with mint and lemon piled on crisp wholemeal toast, a quick fresh snack.

Time15 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.40 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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300 gfrozen peas
1lemonzest and juice
2 tbspfresh mintchopped
1 tspolive oil
¼ tspsalt
4wholemeal bread sliceshalved
1garlic clovehalved

Method

1
Cover the peas with boiling water and leave for 3 minutes, then drain.
3 min
2
Mash roughly with a fork, leaving some whole peas. Stir in the lemon zest, juice, mint, oil and salt.
3
Toast the bread until crisp and golden. Rub each piece lightly with the cut garlic.
4
Pile the peas onto the toast.
5
Serve straight away so the toast stays crunchy.

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