Penne Alla Panna

"This is a very tasty and quick pasta meal. I got the recipe years ago when I was still at school and went home with one of my friends to have dinner at her house. Her family traveled to Tuscany every year and this was their version of a pasta dish they had eaten there. Serve with a side salad and some crusty bread. You can use any type of pasta really if you haven't got penne pasta, it's really nice with tortellini as well."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat the oil in a skillet.
  • On a high heat, quickly fry the ham or prosciutto until starting to brown, keep stirring it continuously to stop it from burning.
  • Turn down to a low heat or if cooking on an electric hob turn it off, pour in 250 ml of cream.
  • Add the cayenne pepper and stir in the parmesan.
  • If the sauce seems really thick add some more cream, the pasta shouldn't be dry, but neither should it swim in sauce.
  • Stir in the pasta and serve straight away.

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Reviews

  1. Easy and the family loved it. Used half and half, instead of cream. Great use leftover ham from Xmas or Easter.
     
  2. This dish was really simple to make and the finished product looked like a gourmet version of macaroni and cheese. I enjoyed the recipe, however, I found it too salty for my tastes, which may be due to the type of prosciutto that I used, or perhaps that I am not used to eating prosciutto. Either way, I might try it once more, using proscuitto from my italian grocer. Thanks! Updated: I often go back to this recipe and use capicollo ham, it's wonderful and so quick. Wonderful flavour with such little effort!
     
  3. Shoot, just realized when I looked at the recipe again I forget the cayenne pepper. Even without it though it turned out amazing. I loved it. Thanks.
     
  4. I couldn't believe that such a delicious blend of flavors came from so little effort. I added a shallot to the ham and used half and half instead of heavy cream. I may have used a bit more than the recipe called for...I didn't convert from metric and had to do it quickly in my head!!! Thanks, Sylvie!
     
  5. This is a wonderful pasta dish! Quick and easy. We loved the sauce. I used prosciutto (and I threw in some green peas just because I had some on hand but it certainly isn't necessary.) Sylvs, this is a great dish and I thank you for sharing it. :)
     
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Hi, I'm 31 and cooking and living in England. I was born in Germany and that's where I grew up and lived until I came to the UK to go to University in 1998. I never went back to live in Germany, even though all my family is still there.
 
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