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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

Keywords for this recipe:Pasta American Spaghetti Tagliatelle Ham Creamy sauce Nutmeg

For 4 people, you will need:

0 ²⁄₃ cup peas
1 8 slices cured ham
2 1 cup cream
3 grated nutmeg
4 1 ¾ cup tagliatelles
5 2 tablespoons olive oil
6 salt
7 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

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

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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 1 cup 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 1 ¾ cup 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.

And to drink?

An Italian red wine, perhaps.

Keeping

A few minutes after adding sauce.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,294 Kcal or 13,791 Kj	110 gr	295 gr	186 gr
165 %	42 %	28 %	28 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
299 Kcal or 1,252 Kj	10 gr	27 gr	17 gr
15 %	4 %	3 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
824 Kcal or 3,450 Kj	28 gr	74 gr	47 gr
41 %	11 %	7 %	7 %

% 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 : 7.60 €
Per person : 1.90 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Tagliatelles: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Hearty leek and sprout soup, Nicholas's fish, Scallops with cabbage julienne, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, ... All
	Peas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, French-style peas, Chinese Soup, ... All
	Cured ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sautéd mushrooms with spring onions and cured ham, Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, Cabbage julienne with ham, Vegetable clafoutis, Potato and two ham gratin, ... All

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