Pasta with Panna

This is one of my favorite pasta dishes.

I have many...

This is one of those meals that literally takes me 20 minutes to prepare, cook and serve.

The ingredients are simple and can be

exchanged easily

3 slices of ham (prosciutto can be used)

2 cups of peas (cubed zucchini works as well)

1/4 of an onion

1 container of Panna (or 6oz of cream cheese)

First of all get two tall pots. 

One filled with water for cooking the pasta. 

In the other pot, drizzle a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and lightly brown the onion, ham and peas. Let them cook on medium-low for about 5-10 minutes. 

Add a little water if needed.

When the vegetables and ham are cooked, add the panna.

When the pasta is cooked, add to the panna-vegetables mixture.

And dinner is served.

Italian panna is a cooking cream (not sweet).

It taste like cream cheese with the consistency of sour cream.

If I can't find the panna, I just use 2/3 of a cream cheese package and add a little milk to make it "creamier". 

Just add the cubed cream cheese with the hot ingredients, let it melt and add a little milk until you have the sour cream look.

Easy and delicious.

Stay Frugal,

Daniela

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