2012 Cooking Club Week 41: Creamy Bacon & Pea Pasta

Mr Magnolia

Very quick dish this week for those of ye that struggle to get time to cook something. Serves 2 and will take about 12min to prepare from start to finish.

Ingredients:
Penne Pasta (for 2 people, fresh if you can get it)
300g thick cut back rashers or pancheta or any nice bacon
Frozen Peas, a handful
125ml cream
Parmesan
Freshly ground black pepper

Method
Put your pasta on the boil as per guidelines
Remove the rind of the bacon and cut into 2cm square pieces roughly
Fry you bacon off until it starts to get crispy, I use a wok
Add the cream to the bacon and bring to the boil until it starts to reduce
Run the peas under the hot tap and lob into the pasta for the last 4 minutes of cooking.
Strain the pasta and peas an mix into the creamy bacon.
Twist a nice amount of black pepper and grate some parmesan into the pan, stir, serve and enjoy.

BaZmO*

Yumyum!

I do a very similar Jamie Oliver recipe that uses Creme Fraiche, Lemon juice, mint and conchiglioni (small shell) pasta. The flavour combination is amazing.

John Mason

we just had this for dinner - very tasty.

we added broccoli and mushrooms as well.

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Very nice indeed

Curry Addict

made this for dinner yesterday. also added mushroom
magic combo of flavors and really fast to make :pac:
thanks great recipe!

longshanks

I make something like this too, but I put some tomato paste and a drop of vodka in there. Try it. It's delish.
Add a finely chopped chilli if you're feeling adventurous.

BaZmO*

Your recipe inspired me to do the JO version (virtually the same) again for dinner tonight. Although it's such a nice dish that I don't need much convincing.

Teeley

Thats tomorrow evenings dinner sorted! Thanks!

blueshed

BaZmO* wrote: »

Your recipe inspired me to do the JO version (virtually the same) again for dinner tonight. Although it's such a nice dish that I don't need much convincing.

think jamie will copy your version with a photo like that, 10 out of 10.

BaZmO*

blueshed wrote: »

think jamie will copy your version with a photo like that, 10 out of 10.

Ha thanks. Although it was only taken with my phone.

Mrs Fox

BaZmO* wrote: »

Ha thanks. Although it was only taken with my phone.

My 19-month old boy was licking the screen!

The Black Oil

Simple and tasty, thanks.

Princess Peach

Made this last night. Really tasty for something so quick and simple.

Gbear

A smidgen of nutmeg never goes amiss in a creamy sauce.

mike65

Weirdly enough I bought ingredients for same this afternoon.

confusticated

I've made this loads of times for dinner and only just realised I never said so - brilliant quick, tasty dinner! Thanks!

Robin132

I plan on trying to make this tonight, but I've never tried to make my own pasta sauce before so stupid question.... how long should the cream boil for? Is it bring it to the boil then use it or leave it to boil for the 4 mins while the peas are cooking? thank you

JOSman

This looks nice and tasty. Don't like peas, so will give this part a miss.

I will give this a try next week.

Thanks

Galadriel

Made this tonight for the first time, really tasty will definitely be on the menu again, thanks!

Padraig Mor

This has rapidly become a regular "little effort required" staple in our house (using packs of sliced pancetta for even less effort!). So quick, tasty and filling! Really ideal for a midweek dinner.

Toto Wolfcastle

I've made this a few times (with broccoli instead of peas the last few times) and it's really tasty. Sometimes creamy sauces can be a bit bland but this one isn't at all even with so few ingredients.

More recently, I've been making it with penis pasta I got in Italy. Delicious penis pasta.

Faith

Hahaha I looked at the picture before reading the text and I was like "are those PENISES?!"

Dizzyblonde

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one thinking that!

NOS3

I just made this for dinner. So quick and easy, yet so delicious.

The Black Oil

Nom!

SUNGSAM

Very tasty and very quick. Perfect quick midweek dinner. Thanks

woodchuck

I just tried this out and it worked out really well; thanks for the recipe

I thought the bacon might be too heavy for me though, so I halved the amount of that and added some chicken instead.

It's a bit like a creamy carbonara. I can't eat traditional carbonara recipes because I can't eat egg, so this recipe was awesome for me

CarefulNow!

Just made this, so easy and tasty. Thanks op

Dianey57

Adding to my recipes! This looks delicious!

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Just made this. For some reason I cannot add an image.. :(

The Black Oil

Made this again recently. Nom, nom.