Penne A La Vodka W Proscuitto And Peas Recipe

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Penne A La Vodka W Proscuitto And Peas
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
298
Calories
Total time
25
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 lb penne pasta
  • 10 slices of prosciutto de parma (american prosciutto ok to use if budget doesn'tsp allow) !! ask butcher/deli person, to slice it thicker than normally, say 1/32 -1/16 thick
  • 1 and 1/2-2 cups of freshly grated parmasean de reggiano cheese (please no green can stuff cheese ok )
  • 2 cups frozen peas
  • 1 small can of tomato paste
  • 1 medium onion diced small
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup vodka - more if you had a bad day, in a separate glass of course...
  • 1 cup of reserved pasta water
  • equipment needed: deep skillet to make sauce in and large enough to add cooked pasta in later (i use my le creuset deep frying pan since i can bring it right to the table ), and pot for pasta to boil in. also needed is a whisk and pasta strainer.

Directions:

  1. Put water in pot to boil for pasta. Once at a rolling boil, then add dash of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of salt.
  2. Get out your skillet, start to heat it up on low without any oil in it at first.
  3. While skillet heats up on low, dice up that onion and slice and dice up prosciutto.
  4. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter to skillet and bring heat up to medium-medium high, once butter is bubbling, add diced onions and sauté till almost translucent.
  5. Grate cheese at this point and set aside momentarily.
  6. Add prosciutto, crushed red pepper and freshly cracked black pepper and let it brown slightly - maybe five minutes, at this point throw the pasta into salted and boiling water and set your timer for 10 minutes.
  7. Add garlic to skillet, continue to sauté 2 minutes.
  8. Next turn off heat from under skillet for a moment, carefully add 1/2 cup vodka. Take second sip of your own vodka from your glass and return to paying some attention to what's in the skillet.
  9. Put heat back under skillet to medium-high.
  10. With whisk, scrape bottom of skillet to get all those great extra bits I like to call flavor enhancers that have formed from the sugars of the onions and prosciutto.
  11. Keep stirring till vodka is almost 1/2 evaporated (roughly 3 minutes) and add that can of tomato paste you forgot to open before, put heat on medium low, continue stirring.
  12. Take another sip from your glass and stir up that penne pasta so it doesn't stick, ok you are doing a great job so far! Now, back to the skillet.
  13. After 3-4 minutes, add cream, whisk to incorporate cream into what's cooking in your skillet.
  14. Once cream starts to bubble, add 1 cup of grated cheese, and stir some more.
  15. Taste-test penne pasta, it should be al dente but at least cooked through (no white inner rings). Drain pasta but try to reserve at least one cup of the pasta water.
  16. Throw peas into sauce along with pasta. Call troops to table.
  17. If sauce is too thick, you can stretch it by adding some of the pasta water or if you are feeling a little dangerous and naughty, add a little more cream.
  18. Taste-test sauce, add salt to your liking.
  19. Serve your dish proudly, tell them someone else has to clean up and get ready to be bowed down to...relish in your royal achievements and have someone else fix you up another glass - hey you had a bad day right? Well you are off to having a fantastic night starting with this amazing dish! Enjoy!
  20. Use the remaining grated cheese to top off your plated dishes. Add a little minced fresh parsley for a restaurant flare look.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 297.57 Kcal (1246 kJ)
Calories from fat 108.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.09g 19%
Cholesterol 5.09mg 2%
Sodium 127.85mg 5%
Potassium 529.76mg 11%
Total Carbs 41.21g 14%
Sugars 29.44g 118%
Dietary Fiber 6.02g 24%
Protein 6.71g 13%
Vitamin C 15.9mg 26%
Iron 2.6mg 14%
Calcium 27.4mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 66.91 Kcal (280 kJ)
Calories from fat 24.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.72g 19%
Cholesterol 1.14mg 2%
Sodium 28.75mg 5%
Potassium 119.12mg 11%
Total Carbs 9.27g 14%
Sugars 6.62g 118%
Dietary Fiber 1.35g 24%
Protein 1.51g 13%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 26%
Iron 0.6mg 14%
Calcium 6.2mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.2
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium,
  • cholesterol free

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