Clamart: "Clamart" is the name given, in classic cuisine, to various preparations including peas, whole or mashed. (The town of Clamart, department of Hauts-de-Seine, was once famous for its cultivation of round-grain shelling peas, which have now disappeared).
The name applies to a soup (puree of fresh peas in consomme, served with golden croutons), to poached eggs (on canapes spread with mash) or scrambled (with peas in grains), ...
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