On a recent quest in search for something different to serve for dinner, I came across this recipe in a Rachael Ray magazine. It looked appetizing so I thought I’d give it a try. I cut the recipe in half because there’s just two of us, and there were leftovers. So I would venture to say this is enough to serve 4 people. Now I want to mention that Rachael ALWAYS uses fresh herbs and each dish is probably better that way, but I don’t have an herb garden and I’m too cheap to spend four dollars on a small pack of herbs that I only need a dab of, so I substituted dry herbs . Happily, this dish was still scrumptious! Oh, one more thing…I used frozen peas instead of fresh as my grocery store didn’t have any fresh pea pods.
Pasta E Piselli
Course: Uncategorized4
servingsIngredients
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
4 ounces meaty Pancetta, finely diced
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves minced garlic
1/4 cup white wine
1 1/2 cups frozen peas
1/2 cup chicken stock
Salt & Pepper to taste
8 ounces pappardelle pasta (or similar egg noodles)
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
1 1/2 teaspoon dried mint leaves
1 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
1 Tablespoon butter
Directions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. While waiting for the water to boil,proceed to step 2.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
- Add the Pancetta and cook, stirring often, until the fat begins to render (about 2 minutes).
- Add the onion and cook for approximately 8 minutes, until the onions soften.
- Add the garlic, stirring well, and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the wine and cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the peas,chicken stock, salt & pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 8 minutes.
- Add salt to your boiling water and cook the noodles for 1 minute less than instructions on package (al dente)
- Scoop out 1/4 cup of the starchy pasta water and add it to the skillet mixture.
- 10. Drain the pasta and add it to the skillet.
- 11. Add the cheese, mint, parsley and butter to the skillet, toss well to coat and cook for 1 minute more.
- 12. Serve with additional cheese if desired.
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