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Creamy Bacon Pesto Spaghetti
Creamy Bacon Pesto Spaghetti

Creamy Bacon Pesto Spaghetti

with Peas and Grated Hard Italian Style Cheese

Looking for a quick and tasty midweek dinner option? Try cooking up our Creamy Bacon Pesto Spaghetti in just 15 minutes for a delicious and speedy meal.

Tags:
New
Family Friendly
Allergens:
Gluten
Celery
Milk
Egg

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Boxes and ingredients are packed in facilities that handles Peanut, Nuts, Sesame, Fish, Crustaceans, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Celery, Soya, Gluten and Sulphites. Due to the war in Ukraine, it has been necessary to substitute sunflower oil with rapeseed oil in some products without a label change. The FSA have advised that allergic reactions to rapeseed oil are rare.

Total15 minutes
Active 15 minutes
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

serving amount

180 grams

Spaghetti

90 grams

British Smoked Bacon Lardons

10 grams

Vegetable Stock Paste

150 grams

Creme Fraiche

120 grams

Peas

32 grams

Fresh Pesto

40 grams

Grated Hard Italian Style Cheese

Not included in your delivery

75 milliliter(s)

Water for the Sauce

Nutritional information

Energy (kcal)875 kcal
Energy (kJ)3659 kJ
Fat47 g
of which saturates22.9 g
Carbohydrate80.2 g
of which sugars9.3 g
Dietary Fibre6.2 g
Protein32.5 g
Salt3.1 g
Always refer to the product label for the most accurate ingredient and allergen information.

Utensils

Kettle
Colander
Large Saucepan
Pan

Instructions

Hey Spaghetti
1
  • Boil a full kettle. Pour the boiled water into a large saucepan with 1/2 tsp salt on high heat.
  • Boil the spaghetti, 8 mins.
  • Once cooked, drain in a colander and pop back in the pan. Drizzle with oil and stir through to stop it sticking together.
Bacon Time
2
  • While the pasta cooks, heat a drizzle of oil in a large frying pan on medium-high heat.
  • Once hot, add the bacon lardons. Stir-fry, 4-5 mins. IMPORTANT: Wash your hands and equipment after handling raw meat. Cook lardons thoroughly.
Add Sauce
3
  • Once the bacon is cooked, drain any excess fat from the pan and pop back on medium-high heat.
  • Stir the veg stock, creme fraiche and water for the sauce (see pantry for amount) into the pan. Cook, 2-3 mins.
  • Stir the cooked pasta into the sauce and mix to combine. Remove from the heat.
Dinner's Ready!
4
  • Stir the peas, pesto and two thirds of the hard Italian style cheese into your pasta.
  • Share your creamy bacon pesto pasta between your bowls.
  • Sprinkle over the remaining cheese.

Enjoy!

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