The beauty of Italian cooking is in its simplicity. Few ingredients done well to make a spectacular meal. Pasta e Piselli is one of those dishes. It is made in many different ways, some ‘In Bianco’, some with a little tomato sauce, but all of them are soul satisfying dishes that transport you back into your nonna’s kitchen.
Simple, delicious pasta dish, perfect for a quick meal!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword pasta e piselli, pasta with peas
Ingredients
10ozFrozen Sweet Peas
1/2Onion, finely diced
3Thick slices of Pancetta, diced
1/2cupWater
Salt and Pepper to taste
4tbspOlive oil
1/3 – 1/2cupGrated Pecorino Romano
1lbPasta Mista
Instructions
Into a sauté pan, add olive oil, diced onion, and pancetta sauté until the onion is translucent.
Add in the peas along with 1/2 cup of water, season with salt and pepper, and covered to allow the peas to cook and plump up. This will take approximately 10 minutes.
In the meantime, boil your pasta of choice. I am using Pasta Mista. Save a cup full of pasta water for later.
Once the pasta is al dente, added to the pan with the peas, along with grated Pecorino Romano cheese and a splash of pasta water. Mix to coat the pasta in all the flavors in the pan. You can add more pasta water if it seems dry to you.