Pasta with Ham, Peas, and Cream

If you had a leg of ham for Christmas dinner you might have some leftovers. Here is a great ham leftover recipe. It comes from Nigella Lawson's Feast: Food that Celebrates Life. She says it's a recipe for children, so here it is, for the child in all of us.

200 g short pasta (like bowties)
100 g frozen peas
150 ml cream
150 g diced ham
2 tbsp grated parmesan

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water and add the peas to the pasta water during the last part of cooking.
Drain pasta and peas. Put the dry pan back on burner and heat up cream, ham, and parmesan. Add pasta and peas. Serve.

I use whatever cheeses I have left but the fresh grated parmesan or asiago is best.