Pasta With 15-Minute Ham, Pea, and Cream Sauce

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• Vadim

• 9/30/2023

One can accomplish your goal by following Harold McGee’s advice of boiling the pasta in only as much water as needed—using less salt. Once you get the procedure down pat, try boiling the pasta in a nice stock.

• Arthur Clarke

• 3/14/2023

I cut the pasta to one third, the cream to one half, but kept shallot, ham, and peas to the recipe amount. Also added garlic with the shallots. 2 generous servings that were very satisfying.

• Sally

• Searrle

• 11/16/2022

Absolutely delicious!! I made 3 changes due to hubby’s health issues.. doubled the ham &amp; peas and switched the heavy cream to half and half. Thank you ♥️

• Anonymous

• Central Pennsylvania

• 11/15/2022

This is excellent! I abhor changing the recipes on this site; however, my husband’s illness required me to adjust the fat content of the sauce. If anyone is interested, I used 1/2 c. whole milk with 1t. chicken stock base + 1/3c. pasta water. Heated to simmer then thickened with 1T. cornstarch. I added about 1/3 cup cream once thickened. Delicious, quick dinner. Will definitely make again. Thank you for this wonderful recipe!

• The Pretzel Girl

• Chicago

• 5/12/2022

This is a wonderful and relatively light pasta dish! Great way to use up some holiday ham! I made it with 1/2 a box of rotini and as suggested earlier, used half and half with a little corn starch and pasta water. Probably could have used more to make it more saucy, but very good. Thumbs up from my husband!

• ElaineGloeckle

• Boise, Idaho

• 4/9/2021

Definitely a keeper. Made this according to recipe except I used 1/2 pound of pasta as per numerous suggestions. Wouldn't change anything else.

• MelBchGal

• MelBch, FL

• 3/25/2021

This dish is in my regular rotation now. I often don't have heavy cream, so I use half and half with a bit of cornstarch instead. I've swapped in frozen green beans or asparagus, depending on what's on hand. The only thing I never skip or substitute is the lemon. Without lemon, it's just not the same.

• jenniferk

• Portland, OR

• 2/10/2021

I didn't quite make this to recipe. Generally my first time making something I always make it exactly but I didn't have lemon zest or shallots (store didn't have shallots). My husband and son said it was "good". Also, my sauce wasn't very saucy. It just seemed too thin. Again, this could be me and not the recipe. I think it is worth making again and not skipping ingredients.

• valliam

• 7/28/2019

I've been making this for years, I don't add salt because the ham usually is salty enough and generally add minced garlic and halved cherry tomatoes to the saute with the shallots. It's dead easy, takes less than 20 minutes start to finish and is really full of flavour

• 2roosters

• Vancouver, BC, Canada

• 4/25/2019

Delicious! Decadent, but a familiar flavor. I used only 8 oz. of bowties, and the full amount of everything else. It was the correct ratio. Would have been dry instead of luxurious with the full lb. of pasta.

• jansan1

• Orange County, CA.

• 4/8/2019

It all worked out very well, with a good blend of flavors. I didn't have shallots and subbed in onions, but it would have probably been better with shallots. I served it with cheese raviolis, which gave it a little more of the something that I think the other reviewers thought it lacked.

• dnharper

• Philadelphia, PA

• 4/6/2019

Made this for a family of 5. Did use a lb. of pasta, increased the other ingredients a bit. Didn't have shallots or parsley, but it turned out great! Stirred the Parmesan into the pot, rather than using it as a topping. The lemon zest is a very nice touch.

• beezus228

• Woodbury, CT

• 12/6/2018

Loved this recipe. Simple but elegant. Used penne pasta, 3/4 c milk and 1/4 melted butter instead of cream. Topped with Parmesan and mozzarella too.

• Kookiehousewife

• Iowa

• 6/21/2018

I use this recipe for the basic ingredients. I substitute turkey ham instead of regular ham and I add about 1 cup of parmesan to the sauce along with onion powder and pepper. I don't use shallots but i mash fresh garlic and fry it up. This recipe is a smash hit everytime but it needs adjustment.

• Abbyabdeen

• Cincinnati, OH

• 6/10/2018