Creamy Bacon Pasta

 A family favourite at our place, is a 20 minute take on a carbonara.  Whether you are rushing in from school drop off, running out to sports training we understand the challenges of the midweek madness.

Serving Size:
5

Time:
20 mins

Difficulty:
Easy

Ingredients

  • 500g Pasta (any variety in the pantry)
  • 1 Onion
  • 6 nitrate-free Bacon rashers (cut into strips)
  • Broccoli
  • 300ml cream

directions

  • Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water according to the package instructions, drain well.
  • While pasta is cooking, moderately heat a large frypan and add your chopped bacon, stirring occasionally.
  • Finely chop onion and broccoli and add to the frypan, mix all ingredients well.  Allow to cook away until bacon is crispy and broccoli and onions soft.
  • Add cream – mix well
  • Turn off frypan
  • Add cooked pasta to the pan and stir.

Creative Flare

  • You can adapt the dish to include your family’s tastes – add garlic (fresh or jar).
  • Don’t have broccoli? Throw in frozen peas. Don’t like greens? Add mushrooms instead.
  • For those adventurous families, you can add 1 tablespoon of basil pesto at the point of adding your cream for another level of flavour.
  • Like it cheesy? Finish off with grated parmesan cheese.

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