Seven Ps Pasta Recipe (Penne alle Sette P)
Seven Ps pasta also called penne alle sette P is a delicious Tuscan pasta recipe made with seven ingredients all beginning with the letter P (in Italian). The delicious cream and tomato sauce includes leeks, pancetta and peas. This recipe is really easy to prepare and perfect for weeknights.
Servings: 4
Calories: 842kcal
Equipment
- 1 large pot to cook pasta
- 1 large skillet to cook sauce
- 1 chopping board
- 1 sharp knife
Ingredients
- 14 ounces penne pasta
- 8 ounces pancetta diced
- 1-2 leeks thinly sliced
- 5.3 ounces peas frozen
- 14 ounces canned peeled tomatoes or chopped tomatoes
- 7 floz heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon fresh or dried red chilli pepper/ peperoncino
- salt for pasta water and to taste
- freshly ground black pepper. to taste
Optional ingredients
- fresh parsley finely chopped
- 1 ounce Parmigiano Reggiano grated
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients. Then wash, peel and slice the leeks and cut the pancetta into cubes if needed. If using a fresh red chili cut the amount you need into small pieces. Put a pot of water on to boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil.
- Fry the pancetta with just a little olive oil in a large skillet. Once it starts to crisp, add the leeks and fresh chili (if using). Cook until the leeks soften. 2-3 minutes.
- If using dried chili flakes, add to the leeks and pancetta.
- Add the canned tomatoes. Mix everything together and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the peas and salt and black pepper to taste. Mix and cook for another ten minutes.
- Finally add the cream. Stir it into the sauce and simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes.
- Cook the penne pasta al dente in boiling salted water. Drain when ready after saving some of the pasta cooking water and add the pasta to the creamy sauce. Mix everything together well. If the sauce seems dry add a dash of pasta water.
- Serve your seven P pasta with chopped parsley and grated Parmigiano cheese.
Notes
This recipe is easily made vegetarian if you omit the pancetta and use a red bell pepper instead. You will also need to use a vegetarian parmesan cheese as Italian Parmigiano is made with animal rennet.
All you need to do is use a gluten free pasta to make this recipe gluten free..
Nutrition
Calories: 842kcal | Carbohydrates: 89g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 544mg | Potassium: 705mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1568IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 4mg