Super Quick Creamy Pasta with Peas and Bacon

Boil a large pot of water for the fusilli with 1/4 tsp of salt.

Put a frying pan over medium-high heat with 1/4 tbsp of oil. Add the bacon and cook for 3 mins until starting to crisp and then remove from the pan. Tip: Place your bacon on some kitchen paper to soak up the oil. Reduce the heat to medium, add the onion and allow to cook gently for 4-5 mins until soft. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute.

Add the fusilli to the water and cook for 9 mins or until ‘al dente’. Add the peas for the last 3 mins of cooking time. Drain but keep some of your pasta water as you’ll need it for your sauce.

While your fusilli is cooking turn your attention back to the sauce. Add your bacon back into the pan along with the crème fraîche, 1/2 tsp of salt and a few good grinds of black pepper. Give it all a good stir.

Add your drained fusilli and peas to your sauce. Grate in half the parmesan and give it all a really good toss in the pan allowing it to heat through. Tip: Add a couple of tbsp of the reserved pasta water if you feel it needs a little more liquid.