27/01/2026
Simple ingredients, big comfort. If you know, you know! Pasta with peas, in Italian, “pasta e piselli” is a traditional Italian dish, with its roots in southern Italy, especially Naples and Campania.
What began as “cucina povera” (peasant cooking): simple, affordable, filling food. Peas were widely available (fresh in spring, dried the rest of the year), and pasta was a staple.
Families cooked it as a one-pot meal, often halfway between a soup and a pasta dish.
