Creamy Bacon & Tomato Pasta

Creamy Bacon & Tomato Pasta

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Gluten Free Bag on Sunday, September 8, 2019.

Ingredients

Pasta

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

To Serve

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

Steps

  1. Bring a large pot of hot salted tap water to the boil with a lid on. Cook pasta. Add pasta to 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 veggies & bacon.
  3. Cook veggies. Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on high heat and cook courgette and roasted 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, vegetables and cooked pasta to pan. Toss gently to combine. Season to taste. Add a little more pasta water if desired.
  6. Serve pasta topped with Parmesan and basil.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2331 kj
557 kcal
Protein 26.3g
Carbohydrate 59.6g
Fat 23.3g