Another easy-peasy midweek meal

I know it's the weekend, but this is the kind of meal I often produce when I'm pushed for time. It's adapted from a recipe of Nigella Lawson's - and it can be varied according to what you have in the house.

The basics you need are pasta (preferably penne, rigatoni, conchiglie, farfalle) as well as double cream and cheese. Yes, this isn't a meal for calorie-counters...

Boil the pasta in salted water; then pour your tub of cream into a separate pan, on a very low heat grate in some hard cheese (parmesan if you have it), then add in some cooked ham. Add some frozen peas to the cooking pasta for the last couple of minutes, and then drain and combine the contents of both pans!
Delicious. And you could substitute bacon for the ham, but fry it before adding to the creamy mixture. Cherry tomatoes would be a sweet addition too.