# Spring Pasta

This spring pasta is made with humble ingredients to make them shine.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- cup peas
- onion
- basil
- lemon
- Parmesan cheese
- pasta
- guanciale
- garlic
- fennel
- pinch salt
- lemon zest
- lemon juice
- black pepper
- basil
- olive oil

## Instructions

1. Cook the guanciale in a cold pan over medium heat.
2. Add one crushed garlic.
3. Remove the guanciale and garlic once browned.
4. Add sliced onion and the fennel to the pan.
5. Add a pinch of salt.
6. Cover and cook on medium low for 20 minutes.
7. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, and frozen peas.
8. Cook your pasta.
9. Add black pepper.
10. Add some pasta water.
11. Add some chopped basil.
12. Add the Parmesan off the heat.
13. Add the guanciale.
14. Finish the pasta right in the sauce.
15. Add more pasta water.
16. Mix.
17. Plate up.
18. Drizzle with olive oil.
19. Add more Parmesan cheese.
20. Top with the fennel fronds.

## Equipment

- pan
- knife

## Tips

- Tilting the pan to the side helps the guanciale crisp up faster.
- Finishing the pasta in the sauce is key.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIwgkK6PnDG/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/82cd734a-2d13-4652-b74c-289e9f6c3c97
- Extracted: 2025-05-30

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