Cooking parched peas from scratch & reviewing the Lancashire delicacy

Lancashire Post

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00:00When it comes to food, Lancashire is synonymous with parched peas.

00:04Never having had the pleasure of trying the classic North West delicacy,

00:08our reporter Georgia Melling decided to try her hand at making some herself.

00:12I'm here today with Lancashire Evening Post to show you how to make the traditional parched peas.

00:17So the main ingredient of this dish is carling peas, but you can also use black eyed peas,

00:21pigeon peas or badger peas.

00:24So the first thing you want to do is weigh out 200 grams of your choice of pea.

00:29Once you've weighed the peas out, you must soak all the peas with some water.

00:34You want to make sure all of the peas are completely covered.

00:37This is so that the peas can completely absorb the water

00:40and start forming that consistency that everyone loves from the parched peas.

00:44Once the peas are completely covered with water, you want to cover it up and leave it overnight.

00:48The peas will now stay here like this overnight.

00:50It is now the next day, the peas have been soaking overnight, so let's have a look how they're doing.

00:55So we can now have a look and see how they've done overnight.

00:58As you can see, they're a lot bigger than they were before we initially soaked them yesterday,

01:03and this is what you're looking for when going into the next step to make your parched peas.

01:08So the next thing you want to do is you want to grab a colander and the peas that you left overnight

01:14and just drain them and get rid of all the water.

01:19Once you've drained the peas, you want to give them a good rinse under some cold water,

01:24just making sure all the peas have had a good rinse.

01:28So the next thing you're going to need to do is put all the peas in a saucepan.

01:33You're then going to get some water and completely cover all the peas, just like this.

01:40So then you want to bring it to the boil.

01:43So it's now been left for an hour, and as you can see, the peas have absorbed all the water

01:48and created a bit of a sauce at the bottom.

01:50Now we're going to add some butter and some salt and pepper.

01:57And the final ingredient is lots and lots of vinegar.

02:00So just give it a good coating of vinegar.

02:03And then we're going to add a little bit of water.

02:07And the final ingredient is lots and lots of vinegar.

02:11So just give it a good coating of vinegar all over.

02:21There we are.

02:22So all you need to do now is just give everything a good stir.

02:25You've got all the ingredients mixed in together.

02:27Once all the ingredients have been mixed together, it's finally ready to serve.

02:29And this is the final result, the Lancashire favourite, parched peas made from home.

02:34So it's now time to taste the peas.

02:36Let's give them a try.

02:42They are quite hot because they have just come off the hob.

02:50Mmm.

02:52You can get the vinegar through, the salt and pepper.

02:56They've got a lovely texture to them.

03:00A solid Lancashire favourite.

03:03Mmm.

03:07Thank you for watching this tutorial on how to make the parched peas from home.

03:10And I really hope you try it yourselves too.

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