# @cooking_with_rocco on Instagram - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Da0GGtRODHf - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68007283-cooking-with-rocco-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/aa3a4b984f.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T12:45:18.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Rocco Gizzo | 🍝 Italian Cuisine (@cooking_with_rocco) β€” https://gondola.cc/cooking_with_rocco ## Caption πŸ«› Pasta and Peas with Sausage | a comforting twist on the classic Italian Pasta and Peas made with sweet Italian fennel sausage, sweet peas, and smoked scamorza cheese. Creamy without the cream, hearty without being heavy, and packed with rich, comforting flavors in every bite! 14oz Pasta 1lb sweet Italian fennel sausage 1lb frozen peas 1/2 onion, small dice 2 garlic cloves, grated 3.5 - 4.5 cups hot, salted water 135g smoked Scamorza cheese Salt & Pepper, as needed EVOO, as needed Cut the scamorza cheese into small cubes and set aside. Bring a pot with 4.5 cups of salted water to a boil, and keep it warm. Then heat a pot over medium heat and drizzle with olive oil. Remove the sausage from its casing and cook until it’s deeply browned. Then remove and set aside. Leave about 2 tbsp of sausage fat in the pot, and add the onions. Cook until softened and sweet. Then add the garlic and cook u til fragrant. Add the peas and toss until combined. Then pour in 3.5 cups of the hot salted water. Bring to a simmer, and cook for about 5 minutes until the peas are tender. Remove about 40-50% of the liquid and peas, and blend until smooth. Then pour back into the pot. Add the pasta, bring the liquid to a boil, and cook until al dente. When the pasta has about 2 minutes left, add the sausage back to the pot and stir until combined. Once done, remove the pasta from the heat, and mix in the scamorza cheese and a generous drizzle of EVOO. Taste, and adjust salt & pepper as needed. Enjoy! #italianfood #italiancooking #easyitalianrecipes #pastarecipe #homemadepasta ## Stats - **Views:** 9,179 - **Likes:** 187 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 33 ## Tags homemadepasta, pastarecipe, italiancooking, easyitalianrecipes, italianfood --- Copyright (c) Gondola