Pasta with snow peas and cherry tomatoes is a quick and easy first course to prepare because it requires very little time and is perfect for the hottest days. You can enjoy it for both lunch and dinner as a cold dish. It’s a healthy first course, rich in beneficial substances, suitable for people following both vegetarian and vegan lifestyles. The best season to prepare this recipe is spring or summer when fresh snow peas are available. Snow peas are part of the pea family but differ in their flat shape; in some regions, they are called flat beans and unlike peas, they are eaten with the pod.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
- Energy 303.69 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 49.75 (g) of which sugars 3.88 (g)
- Proteins 9.50 (g)
- Fat 2.18 (g) of which saturated 0.35 (g)of which unsaturated 0.59 (g)
- Fibers 2.91 (g)
- Sodium 204.23 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 6 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
What you need to make pasta with snow peas and cherry tomatoes
- 2 cups g fusilli
- 6.35 oz snow peas
- 2.82 oz yellow cherry tomato
- 2.82 oz datterini cherry tomatoes
- Half red onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- to taste mint (Fresh)
- 0.07 oz coarse salt
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pinch black pepper
Useful tools
- 1 Pot
- 1 Pan Tongata
- 1 Cutting Board
Clean and cook the snow peas
To start making pasta with snow peas and cherry tomatoes, first, put the pasta water to boil, so while waiting for it to boil, we prepare everything we need to make this fantastic summer dish, simple, quick, and tasty.
Now while the water boils, we clean the snow peas by removing only the two tips and cut them into chunks according to the size we prefer. After washing them thoroughly, we cook them in the boiling salted water.
While the snow peas are cooking, I prepared the basic ingredients for the sauce to dress the pasta by halving some yellow and red cherry tomatoes, a half red onion, and chopping fresh mint leaves.
In a non-stick pan, I poured extra virgin olive oil and sautéed the onion and crushed garlic for a few seconds to avoid burning the garlic.
Then I added all the cherry tomatoes, mint, salt, and cooked everything for 10 minutes on high heat before adding the snow peas, which should be ready by now.
As soon as the snow peas are ready, I add them directly to the pan with the sauce and let them cook to flavor everything while we cook the pasta in the same water where we boiled the snow peas.
In conclusion, to make it even creamier and tastier, I drain the pasta directly into the pan a few minutes before the cooking time indicated on the package.
Now in the pan, we add some cooking water as needed until it is cooked to the desired point.
The pasta with snow peas and cherry tomatoes is ready.
Enjoy your meal from Dadcook!.
