Pasta With Peas
Recipe: #6974
November 17, 2012
Categories: Side Dishes, Onions, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, Diabetic, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Dinner, more
"This recipe called for tagliatelle or pappardelle pasta. I use any pasta that I have on hand, linguine, penne, rotini etc. It is all about the sauce."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (198.5 g)
- Calories 445.1
- Total Fat - 15.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 56.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 70.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.3 g
- Sugars - 1.2 g
- Protein - 9.1 g
- Calcium - 29.1 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cook pasta in boiling salted water, reserving 3/4 cup pasta water.
Step 2
Combine oil and onions in separate pot; saute over medium heat until onion turns golden, about 5 minutes.
Step 3
Add peas and season with salt and pepper.
Step 4
Stir pea mixture well and then add about 1/2 cup water.
Step 5
Cook over medium heat until peas are tender, about 6 - 8 minutes.
Step 6
When peas are tender, remove from heat.
Step 7
Puree half the pea mixture.
Step 8
Combine pureed peas with whole peas in pot.
Step 9
Add 3/4 cup reserved pasta water to peas.
Step 10
When pasta is done, drain, and toss with sauce and serve at once with a grating of cheese.
Tips
No special items needed.