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Spring Vegetable Crudités & Garden Pea Dip by Raymond Blanc

Serves: 4Chef: Raymond BlancCourse: Dips, StartersMachine: Food ProcessorTotal time (min.): 30
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This recipe is a real celebration of the garden. Taking the freshest vegetables and serving it with a delicious pea dip gives you a real contrast of flavour, colours and textures. The smoothness of the pea purée is made so simple with the help of my beloved Kenwood food processor. I urge you to try this dish at home for your friends and family.

Ingredients

For the Crudités:

For the Green Pea Dip:

Tools

Method

For the Crudités:

  1. Place all the prepared vegetables into a large container of ice water and put in the fridge for 1-2 hours, until the vegetables have firmed up and gone crisp.

For the Green Pea Dip:

  1. In a medium pan with boiling salted water, cook the peas for 3 minutes until they are cooked and bright green.
  2. Drain immediately and in a large bowl of ice, refresh the peas.
  3. Once the peas have chilled, drain the water from them and place into your MultiPro Express Weight food processor, blend for 1 minute until you have a smooth purée.
  4. Chill and keep refrigerated until needed.
For Assembling:
  1. Divide the pea purée between 4 serving dishes or bowls.
  2. Drain the prepared salad vegetables and arrange them in the pea purée and serve to your guests.

Chef's Notes:

  1. Planning ahead: This dip can be made 3 days in advance of using.