Princess Pea Pasta

English pea pasta

Servings: 1 cup, Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • Porcini pasta, trumpets
  • 1 cup sweet peas, shells & all
  • 2 medium carrots, diced
  • 1 celery w/ leaf, diced
  • 1/4 cipollini (or yellow) onion
  • 1 whole shallet, sliced or diced
  • 1 garlic, sliced
  • handful of hazelnuts, chipped (roasted or raw)
  • Salt/black pepper
  • olive oil

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta to al dente (remember it will cook a bit more during the sweat, final step).
  2. Sautee onions, shallet, garlic, carrots, salt and pepper in olive oil until they are all heading towards soft.
  3. Add celery (not celery leaf yet), sweet peas and hazelnuts, and continue to sautee a few minutes.
  4. Add the cooked pasta, toss. Turn the burn down and cover. Let it sweat for a few minutes, until the pasta has water beads on it.