Bacon and Vegetable Pasta
This pasta dish is quick and easy to make and is full of vegetables like capsicum, mushroom, zucchini and celery. A cheap and healthy tummy warmer.
Ingredients
Serves: 5
- 75g pasta per person
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 1 clove of garlic, finely diced
- 5 rashers of bacon, diced
- 1 zucchini, diced
- 2 sticks of celery, diced (optional)
- 1/2 red capsicum, diced
- 1/2 yellow capsicum, diced
- 1/2 green capsicum, diced
- 125g mushrooms, sliced
- 125ml tomato puree (or passata)
- 250g creme fraiche
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:35min
- Cook the pasta in salted water for 12 minutes or until firm to the bite.
- In a frypan heat the oil and saute the onion and garlic, when the onion is starting to soften add the bacon, stir.
- Add the zucchini and celery then cook for a few minutes before adding the capsicum then continue to cook for a further few minutes; stir.
- Add the mushrooms and cook until softened.
- Add the tomato puree heating until it boils then add the creme fraiche; keep stirring until it is fully combined and hot.
- Drain the pasta and add to the sauce if there is enough space; if not place the pasta onto the plates and add the sauce on top.
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I took out the bacon, left out the cream and added fresh oragano and boy what a great pasta sauce. - 17 Aug 2010
Altered ingredient amounts. I took out the bacon, left out the cream and added fresh oragano and boy what a great pasta sauce. - 17 Aug 2010
We all loved this recipe, my family are quite picky with their vegetables, but they ate this not realising what was in it. Now they asking me when i am doing it again! - 16 Mar 2010 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)