Nutrition Facts
4 servings
4
Recipe for Pasta with Peas
Pasta with peas is part of the Italian culinary heritage, particularly from Sicily and the Naples region. For my version, I decided to skip the pancetta and prepare a more vegetable-based dish by combining peas and radishes, using my recipe for a flavorful garlic pesto. A few slices of pink radish add a pop of color, resulting in a spring dish perfect for a family or friends' meal.
Ingredients
400 Pasta (rigatoni, penne)
600 shelled peas
1 Onion
1 Radish
4 cloves fresh garlic
2 Pine nut
Olive oil
1 pinch Cayenne pepper
salt and pepper
Directions
1
Peel and dice the onion. Heat a tablespoon of oil and sauté the onions. Add the peas, then two ladles of water. Season with salt and pepper. Let it reduce; once cooked, there should be no water left.
2
Wash the radishes, separating the radishes from the tops, which you will keep to make the pesto that will be the sauce for this pasta dish. In a blender, place the radish tops, pine nuts, peeled fresh garlic, salt, and pepper. Blend while adding oil until you achieve a creamy consistency.
3
Heat a large pot of salted water, then cook your pasta according to the manufacturer's instructions. When the pasta is cooked, drain it but keep the equivalent of a ladle of the cooking water.
4
To finish, mix the pasta with the peas, add a little cooking water and the chili powder until you achieve a creamy consistency. Add some radish greens pesto. Mix well. Cut a few radishes into slices. Plate the dishes: place the pasta with peas and radish pesto on the plates, and garnish with the radish slices.
Ingredients
Ingredients
400 Pasta (rigatoni, penne)
600 shelled peas
1 Onion
1 Radish
4 cloves fresh garlic
2 Pine nut
Olive oil
1 pinch Cayenne pepper
salt and pepper
Directions
Directions
1
Peel and dice the onion. Heat a tablespoon of oil and sauté the onions. Add the peas, then two ladles of water. Season with salt and pepper. Let it reduce; once cooked, there should be no water left.
2
Wash the radishes, separating the radishes from the tops, which you will keep to make the pesto that will be the sauce for this pasta dish. In a blender, place the radish tops, pine nuts, peeled fresh garlic, salt, and pepper. Blend while adding oil until you achieve a creamy consistency.
3
Heat a large pot of salted water, then cook your pasta according to the manufacturer's instructions. When the pasta is cooked, drain it but keep the equivalent of a ladle of the cooking water.
4
To finish, mix the pasta with the peas, add a little cooking water and the chili powder until you achieve a creamy consistency. Add some radish greens pesto. Mix well. Cut a few radishes into slices. Plate the dishes: place the pasta with peas and radish pesto on the plates, and garnish with the radish slices.
Notes
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