Pasta With Peas
Created by ellie on April 27, 2015
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #18661
Ingredients
- 12 ounces dry pasta (I used tiny shells)
- 8 ounces bacon, chopped
- 2 shallots, quartered
- 3 ounces sugar snap peas (1 cup)
- 4 cups spinach
- 5.3 ounce green peas, (1 cup frozen, thawed)
- 1 tablespoon mint, sliced
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
How to Make
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Step 1: Cook pasta in boiling water until tender; drain; reserving one cup of cooking liquid. Transfer to a large serving bowl.
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Step 2: Meanwhile saute the bacon in a skillet over high heat until crisp (5 minutes). Using a slotted spoon transfer bacon to paper towels.
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Step 3: Add shallots to skillet and saute over medium high heat until golden brown (5 minutes). Stir in snap peas ; stirring until crisp tender (1 minute or so); add spinach and frozen peas; stirring until spinach wilts (1 minute or so).
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Step 4: Add pea mixture, bacon, mint and enough cooking liquid to moisten pasta.
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Step 5: Stir in cheese.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (298.6 g)
- Calories 966
- Total Fat - 34.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.7 g
- Cholesterol - 78.2 mg
- Sodium - 1211.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 129.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.9 g
- Sugars - 53.7 g
- Protein - 38 g
- Calcium - 315.8 mg
- Iron - 3.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 11.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg