# Pasta, Peas, Pancetta

A simple and delicious pasta dish made with pancetta, peas, and pasta, perfect for a weeknight dinner.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- pancetta
- 2 drops liquid smoke
- 0.5 large onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon chicken bouillon
- 1 pound frozen peas
- 4 cups warm or hot water
- 1 pound ditalini pasta
- 1 handful basil
- Parmesan

## Instructions

1. Place pancetta into a cold pan and cook until it is nice and crispy.
2. Add a couple drops of liquid smoke to the pancetta for smokiness (optional).
3. Add half of a large diced onion to the pan.
4. Add three minced cloves of garlic and a tablespoon of chicken bouillon.
5. Add one pound of frozen peas and four cups of warm or hot water.
6. Once cooked down for a little bit, pull about half of your peas out and set them aside.
7. Blend the reserved peas with an immersion blender or food processor, along with a good solid handful of basil, to create the sauce base.
8. Add one pound of ditalini pasta to the pan with the remaining ingredients and cook until almost all the liquid is out, leaving a little liquid to loosen the sauce.
9. Pour the blended pea and basil mixture over the pasta and peas.
10. Add a generous amount of Parmesan and mix well.

## Equipment

- cold pan
- immersion blender
- food processor

## Tips

- You can skip liquid smoke if you don't like it or use bacon instead of pancetta.
- You can dice the onion finer if desired.
- Blend half of the cooked peas with basil to create a thick and creamy sauce base.
- Cook until almost all liquid is out, leaving a little to loosen the sauce.
- Add cream to the peas/onions when blending to make it blend easier (viewer tip).

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUZd6f0Dm7G/?igsh=cmE5b251MWUzMmJp
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d64addaa-af72-4ab8-a4fd-8ed0773362e8
- Extracted: 2026-03-18

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