Bow ties alfredo with ham and peas
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | pounds | Bow tie pasta |
| 1 | cup | Frozen peas |
| 2 | tablespoons | All.purpose flour |
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| 1 | tablespoon | Salted butter |
| 3 | Cloves garlic; chopped | |
| 4 | ounces | Nonfat cream cheese; (scant half-cup) |
| ¼ | cup | Grated parmesan cheese |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Black pepper |
| ¼ | pounds | Lean sliced ham; cut into slivers |
| 1 | minute. | |
Directions
1. Bring large Pot lightly salted water to boiling for pasta. Add Pasta; cook 12 minutes or until firm but tender. Add peas for last 3 minutes of cooking. Reserve ½ cup of pasta cooking water; drain pasta.
2. Meanwhile, shake together flour and milk in jar with tight-fitting lid until blended. Heat butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; saute 3. Whisk in milk mixture. Simmer 3 minutes. Whisk in cream cheese, 2 tablespoons Parmesan, salt and Pepper. Simmer, whisking, 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
4. Toss together pasta, sauce and ham in large bowl. Add ¼ to ½ cup of reserved pasta water, tossing to make creamy sauce. Top with remaining Parmesan. Serve hot.
Family Circle 8/5/97
Recipe by: Family Circle 8/5/97 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #944 by "Nitro_II " <Nitro_II@...> on Dec 4, 97