Peas, bacon, and ricotta sauce from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (page 163) by Marcella Hazan

  • bacon
  • ricotta cheese
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  • Serves : 4

  • EYB Comments

    Can substitute fusilli pasta or rigatoni pasta for conchiglie pasta.

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    Can substitute fusilli pasta or rigatoni pasta for conchiglie pasta.

  • Lepa on May 04, 2022

    This is very quick and simple. My whole family loved it!

  • katenolan on December 26, 2020

    Simple and tasty meal. Quartered but added extra peas and ricotta because that's what I normally do. Added a bit of pasta water and a pinch of crushed red pepper at the end. I did think a bit of lemon zest would go a long way, but otherwise, we enjoyed this meal.

  • Skamper on November 14, 2020

    This was an easy and delicious dinner using things I almost always have on hand. I made a half recipe, but probably used a bit more ricotta than called for; I didn't measure. My ricotta was on the firm side so I added a couple of tablespoons of the pasta water, and would maybe add a bit more next time. I also added two cloves of minced garlic to the bacon and peas right at the end.

  • nicolepellegrini on June 16, 2020

    Comforting and pleasant - especially when fresh peas are in season and available and it's nice to enjoy them without too many other competing elements in a dish.

  • clcorbi on June 08, 2017

    I didn't enjoy this sauce as much as the asparagus, ham and cream sauce from the same book, but it still made for a very tasty and fast weeknight meal. I doctored the sauce up with plenty of black pepper and red pepper flakes, which helped. I also used more like 1/2lb of pasta, and found that we enjoyed the amount of sauce--I think with a full pound this would definitely have been too dry. I wouldn't rush to make it again, but the result was decent enough.

  • TrishaCP on May 17, 2015

    Really enjoyable and fairly quick for a weeknight (main timing issue is cooking the bacon). I didn't find this bland at all- it is delicately flavored as one would expect with peas and ricotta, but the bacon (which I left in quite big pieces) would jump in for a smoky and salty punch of flavor. And the amount of ricotta is just right, so it adds creaminess but doesn't get too heavy.

  • twoyolks on January 02, 2013

    I found this to be on the bland side. There was something missing from this.

  • kmattingly on November 21, 2012

    The ricotta adds something special to this sauce. It's a great combination of flavours and textures.

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