Green-Pea Salad

Name: Green-Pea Salad
Ingredients: 2 cups Peas (fresh or frozen) (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe)); 1/2 cup Cream dressing (e.g., mayonnaise-based) (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe)); 8 leaves Lettuce leaves (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe)); 2 tablespoons Chopped beets (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe)); 1 piece Pickled beets or pimentos (for garnish) (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))

A simple salad featuring peas, a cream dressing, served in lettuce nests, and garnished with beets.

Ingredients

2 cups Peas (fresh or frozen) (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
1/2 cup Cream dressing (e.g., mayonnaise-based) (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
8 leaves Lettuce leaves (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
2 tablespoons Chopped beets (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
1 piece Pickled beets or pimentos (for garnish) (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))

Instructions

1If using fresh peas, shell them. If using frozen peas, thaw them. Mix the peas with the cream dressing.
2Arrange lettuce leaves in nests on plates. Spoon the pea salad into the lettuce nests. Garnish the top of each nest with a little chopped beet, or a fanciful figure cut from a pickled beet or pimento.