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Pasta with Spring Pea Pesto
Photo courtesy of Francine Segan
Difficulty Level
Low
Cooking Time
1/2 hours
Cost
Low
Italians take peas, the wonderfully flavorful spring vegetable, and puree them to create the base of a pasta sauce. Peas’ pleasant sweetness is accented with creamy ricotta with a pop of aromatic tang from nutmeg and mint. A totally nut-free pesto that is ready in minutes, it’s sophisticated, yet simple. It’s healthful, satisfying, and very pretty on the plate: exactly what you’d expect from today’s Italy.
Fusilli were used in the photo above, but any shap
