Pasta With Caramelized Onions, Cabbage and Smoked Ham

Wonderfully easy dish that tasted great. I'm not a ham fan but my family is. The ham actually gave the dish a great flavor along with the addition of beef broth in the last few minutes of cooking.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 2  lbs onions, thinly sliced
• 4  cups  thinly sliced green cabbage
• 1 1⁄2 cups  diced smoked ham (such as black forest)
• 3⁄4 lb  fusilli or 3⁄4 lb rotini pasta
• 1⁄3 cup  grated parmesan cheese
• 1⁄2 cup  canned beef broth (about)

Directions

1. Add oil and onions to a skillet and saute until onions are dark brown, about 25 minutes.
2. Add cabbage and ham and saute until cabbage wilts, about 8 mintues.
3. Meanwhile, cook pasta in heavy large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite.
4. Drain, return pasta to same pot.
5. Add onion mixture and cheese to pasta.
6. Toss over medium heat until warmed through, adding broth by 1/4 cupfuls to moisten if dry, about 4 minutes.
7. Season pasta to taste with salt and pepper and serve.