Peas with bacon

Today we'll be preparing with Deb a really quick side dish, the peas with bacon, that can be used also as an excellent pasta or rice sauce.

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To prepare these tasty peas with bacon, you'll need just a few minutes; not only it's a full-flavoured side dish, but it can become also an excellent pasta or rice sauce. Let's see how to do! We'll need:
• 4 ½ cups (600 g) of green peas
• 3,5 oz (100 g) of bacon
• 2 spring onions
• 3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil • a pinch of pepper
• grated nutmeg
and
• salt

Peel the spring onions, cut off the ends, and finely chop with a knife.
Pour the oil into a pan and cook the spring onion until softened, then add the cubes of smoked bacon and let them brown.
Fold in the peas, stir, let them cook for a couple of minutes, and salt.
Continue to cook, adding a ladle of hot water when necessary.
Once cooked, add the ground pepper and grated nutmeg to taste.
Now you can enjoy your tasty peas with bacon! Good, easy and quick!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• side dish
• peas
• bacon
• ham
• green
• vegetable
• sauce
• pasta
• recipe
• giallozafferano

[SpazzYSabS]

My mom makes this with tubettini pasta or rice.. so yummy!

[yellowsaffron]

@SpazzYSabS Pasta with peas is very common in Italy... and definitely good!

[Mjl231108]

:P rico!!!!

[AmberFur]

@yellowsaffron my mum put asiago a cubettini for last. it is sooooo delicious

[StaticX66627]

Looks too good. I'm gonna favorite this.

[ChaChaDave]

Hi. Very nice!

[Djoee05]

this is perfection

[xapemanx]

:D

[Bravo21]

Yum, and all time Fav. I make mine with Orzo for a nice lunch.

[collinyeo]

yuks peas!!!