Super Quick Creamy Pasta
with Courgettes and Bacon
- Cereals containing gluten
- May contain traces of allergens
- Celery
After a long day at work, there’s always the temptation to eat something super simple, so you can maximize your time on the couch in your fluffy slippers with a blanket and a cuppa. Well, your wish is our command! Our pea and bacon pasta is unbelievably tasty and quick in equal measure. Its oh-so-creamy sauce brings it all together! So, get those slippers ready, it’s going to be an awesome night in!
Ingredients
176 grams
Fusilli
(Contains: Cereals containing gluten)
6 rasher(s)
British Streaky Bacon
100 grams
Creme Fraiche
½ unit(s)
Onion
1 unit(s)
Garlic Clove
½ bunch(es)
Flat Leaf Parsley
1 unit(s)
Courgette
(May contain traces of: Celery)
40 grams
Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
Halve, peel and finely chop the onion. Peel and grate the garlic (or use a garlic press). Remove the top and bottom from the courgette. quarter lengthwyas and then then chop into 1/2cm chunks. Roughly chop the parsley. Cut the bacon into small strips or ‘lardons’ if you’re being posh!
Put a frying pan on medium-high heat with a splash of oil. Add your bacon and cook until it starts to crisp 4-5 mins. Remove from the pan and place the bacon on some kitchen paper to soak up any excess oil. Reduce the heat to medium, add your onion and courgette and allow them to cook gently until soft, 6-7 mins. Add your garlic and cook for 1 minute more.
Meanwhile, add the pasta to the boiling water and cook for 9 mins or until ‘al dente’. Tip: ‘Al dente’ simply means the pasta is cooked through but has a tiny bit of firmness left in the middle. Drain but keep some of your pasta water as you may need it for your sauce.
While your pasta is cooking turn your attention back to the sauce. Add your bacon back into the pan along with the crème fraîche, a pinch of salt and a few good grinds of black pepper. Heat until the sauce is piping hot and give it all a good stir.
Add the drained pasta to the sauce. Grate in half the parmesan and give it all a really good toss in the pan to make sure the pasta is nicely coated in the sauce. Tip: Add a splash of the reserved pasta water if you feel it needs a little more liquid.
Divide the pasta between your bowls, top with some of your parsley and grate over your remaining parmesan.
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