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Emmanuel's Pasta, Peas, Prosciutto, And Onion

Type: Pasta
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozCellantani (corkscrew shaped pasta)
  = (or other lined pasta)
3   Garlic cloves - (to 4) - chopped
1/2   Onion - chopped
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCrushed red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons 30mlExtra-virgin olive oil
  = (twice around pan in a slow stream)
1   Diced tomatoes in juice - (28 oz)
1   Tomato sauce or tomato puree - (8 oz)
  Coarse salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/4 lb 113g / 4ozThinly-sliced deli prosciutto di Parma - cut thin strips
1 cup 237mlFrozen green peas
20   Fresh basil leaves - shredded or torn,
  Plus a few leaves to garnish
  Grated peccorino Romano - for passing

Recipe Instructions

Put a large pot of water on the stove over high heat for pasta. When water comes to a boil, add salt to water and cook pasta to al dente, with a bite to it.

In a large, deep skillet, preheated over moderate heat, cook garlic, onion, and crushed pepper in extra-virgin olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomatoes and sauce or puree to the pan. When tomatoes come to a bubble, reduce heat to simmer. Season sauce with salt and pepper.

When pasta is cooked to al dente, drain well and set near stove. Sprinkle ribbons of sliced prosciutto and the green peas into the sauce. Stir to combine and heat peas through. Toss pasta with sauce and shredded basil. Keep turning pasta in sauce until basil wilts and pasta begins to absorb sauce, about 1 minute. Transfer pasta to a serving platter and garnish with a few whole basil leaves.

Serve with salad and grated cheese, for passing.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
30 MINUTE MEALS with Rachael Ray - (Show # TM-1B16) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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