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New York style pasta

Pasta served like in NYC: tagliatelle or spaghetti with lightly fried ham, peas and a nutmeg-flavoured cream sauce.

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Last modified on: July 1^st 2013

For 4 people, you will need:

1 150 g peas
2 8 slices cured ham
3 200 ml cream
4 grated nutmeg
5 400 g tagliatelles
6 2 tablespoons olive oil
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,100 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
17 min.	29 min.	46 min.

Keeping:

A few minutes after adding sauce

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Bring a large pan of water to the boil over high heat. When boiling, add salt and blanch the peas for 1 minute.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Drain in a strainer.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Fry 8 slices cured ham in a very hot frying pan for 30 seconds on each side.>Set aside.

Stage 4 - 15 min.

Use the same pan for the sauce, without cleaning it: pour in 200 ml cream, salt and pepper, then add grated nutmeg to taste.

Mix well and leave on low heat to reduce.

Stage 5 - 8 min.

Meanwhile, cook 400 g tagliatelles.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

When cooked "al dente", drain the pasta and return to the pan.

Add the peas and 2 tablespoons olive oil, mix well and leave on low heat for the peas to heat through while you get the plates ready.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Place a slice of ham on each plate, top with the pasta and pour the sauce over.

Serve immediately.

Remarks

You can replace the peas with any other vegetables (preferably green) that you like: mange-tout peas, asparagus tips, broad beans, etc.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 11.31 €
Per person : 2.83 €

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And to drink?: An Italian red wine, perhaps.

Source

Home made.

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