Pasta With Prosciutto in a Lemon Cream Sauce
photo by Hungry Chefs
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 29.58 ml butter
- 3 large shallots, minced
- 177.44 ml low sodium chicken broth
- 236.59 ml whipping cream
- 9.85 ml grated fresh lemon rind
- 4.92 ml orange zest
- 1.23 ml cayenne pepper
- 236.59-473.18 ml frozen green pea, thawed
- 9.85 ml thinly sliced fresh mint leaves
- 14.79 ml fresh lemon juice (1 lemon)
- 453.59 g penne pasta
- 226.79 g prosciutto (12 thin slices)
directions
- Melt butter.
- Add shallots and sauté until translucent (about 2 min.).
- Add broth.
- Simmer over medium-hi heat until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 2 minutes).
- Add cream, lemon peel, orange peel, and cayenne.
- Simmer until sauce thickens slightly (about 3 minutes).
- Add peas.
- Simmer until heated through (about 2 minutes).
- Stir in mint and lemon juice.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta.
- Cut up prosciutto into bite-size pieces (approx. 1-2 square inches) and add at end to mixture.
- Mix cream sauce with pasta.
- Sprinkle fresh Parmesan on top.
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