Parma Ham Macaroni with black olives, cherry tomatoes and green peas is simply delicious and very easy to prepare. Full of nutrition and will keep your stomach full for many hours. Also if you skip adding ham, that might be a good option for vegetarians. You might be creative here and get additional ingredients, anything you like to have in macaroni dish.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 leeks - chopped
- 400 g frozen peas
- 200 g Parma ham - chopped
- 400 g macaroni
- 300 g grated mozzarella cheese
- 3 Tbsp mustard
- 300 g cherry tomatoes - in halves
- 500 ml vegetable stock
- 2 chilli peppers - chopped
- 150 g black olives
- 5 Tbsp basil leaves - chopped
- 4-5 Tbsp olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- fresh basil leaves to garnish
Method:
1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add leeks, chilli pepper and Parma ham. Cook all together for 5 minutes or until leeks are soft.
2. Add peas and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.
3. In the meantime cook macaroni. When ready, drain the pasta and leave aside to cool a bit.
4. Now add macaroni into leeks and peas. Add vegetable stock and stir well. Add half of grated cheese and mustard. Add sea salt and pepper. Mix well. If needed add a more of olive oil. Cook for 5 minutes - stirring from time to time until cheese melts.
5. At the end of cooking, add cherry tomatoes, chopped basil leaves and black olives. Mix and leave aside for a moment.
6. Now move the pasta from skillet to large baking dish. Pre-heat the oven to 200 C with no fan and if you are using fan to 180 C. Sprinkle remaining half of grated cheese over macaroni and leave in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
7. Serve hot, scattered with fresh basil leaves.
ENJOY!!!
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