Creamy Bacon & Tomato Pasta

Creamy Bacon & Tomato Pasta

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Gluten Free Bag on Sunday, March 8, 2020.

Ingredients

Pasta

  • 250g supergrain spaghetti

Bacon Sauce

  • 1 courgette, cut in half lengthways & thinly sliced
  • 1 capsicum, thinly sliced
  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 250g bacon, sliced 1cm
  • 1 pack pasta spices
  • 1 pack tomato paste
  • 2 tomatoes, diced 1cm
  • 125g sour cream

To Serve

  • 1 bunch basil, chopped
  • 1 pack grated Parmesan cheese

Steps

  1. Bring a large pot of hot salted tap water to the boil with a lid on. Cook pasta. Add pasta to pot of boiling water and cook for 10-12 minutes, until just tender. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain. Return pasta to pot and drizzle with a little oil to prevent sticking.
  2. Prep bacon sauce.
  3. Cook veggies. Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on high heat and cook courgette and capsicum for 2-3 minutes, until courgette is browned. Remove from pan and set aside. Keep pan on heat.
  4. Cook bacon. Add a drizzle of oil to pan and cook onion and bacon for about 4 minutes, until browned. Reduce heat to medium and stir in pasta spices and tomato paste. Cook, stirring, for about 30 seconds, until fragrant.
  5. To finish. Remove from heat and add tomatoes, sour cream, 1/4 cup reserved pasta water, veggies and cooked pasta to pan. Toss gently to combine. Season to taste. Add a little more pasta water if you prefer a saucier pasta. Prep basil.
  6. Serve pasta topped with basil and Parmesan.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2300 kj
550 kcal
Protein 26.2g
Carbohydrate 58.6g
Fat 23.1g