Recipe - Bow Ties Alfredo With Ham And Peas

Three fourths pound Bow tie pasta
1 cup Frozen peas
2 tablespoon All.purpose flour
1 cup Milk
1 tablespoon Salted butter
3 Cloves garlic; chopped
4 ounce Nonfat cream cheese; (scant
halfcup)
One fourth cup Grated parmesan cheese
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Black pepper
One fourth pound Lean cut or sliced up ham; cut into
slivers

1. Bring large Pot lightly salted water to boiling for pasta. Add Pasta;
cook 12 minutes or until firm but tender. Add peas for last 3 minutes of
cooking. Reserve One half cup of pasta cooking water; drain pasta.

2. Meanwhile, shake together flour and milk in jar with tightfitting lid
until blended. Heat butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; saute
1 minute.

3. Whisk in milk mixture. Simmer 3 minutes. Whisk in cream cheese, 2
tablespoons Parmesan, salt and Pepper. Simmer, whisking, 2 minutes. Remove
from heat.

4. Toss together pasta, sauce and ham in large bowl. Add One fourth to One half cup of
reserved pasta water, tossing to make creamy sauce. Top with remaining
Parmesan. Serve hot.

Family Circle 8/5/97

Recipe by: Family Circle 8/5/97

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #944 by "Nitro_II "
Nitro_II@classic.msn.com on Dec 4, 97