My 30 Min Bacon and Tomato Pasta Hack
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Pasta is indeed one of the most versatile dishes that I know. Most of us hear pasta and think Two things — Italian or Macaroni and cheese; but pasta, can also have lots of variations and be handled with creativity.
My 30 Min Bacon and Tomato Pasta Hack
- Serves 2
- Cooks In 30 minutes
- Difficulty Super easy
Step 1. Prep Ingredients:
[Pasta] 250g (depends on how much you eat!)
[Tomatoes] x 6 - 7
[Baby Bella Mushroom] x5
[Bacon] ½ lb
[Basil]
[Garlic] x 4
Step 2. More Preps!
Fine chop all the ingredients.
To improve your chopping/knifing skills and to get on my level. Please check this tutorial Jamie Oliver put together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z_d0soK1cI
Step 3. Bacon Caramelizing!
Bacon in a hot pan with medium - low heat and let the heat do its job.
Take with a pinch of brown sugar to bacon to give bacon a nice brown color and sweet flavor.Bacon out, rest!
Step 4. Let’s handle those tomatoes!
Olive oil in a hot frying pan and let it sit in on low heat.
Then put the chopped garlic in the pan to let garlic release its flavor.
Place tomatoes gently in the pan with the bottom facing down – ! important this is how we harness all the delicious juice released from the tomatoes. Note: If you don’t have fresh basil you could also use dried basil flakes which could achieve pretty amazing result as well.
Step 5. Ingredients in & Mix up!After 3-5 minutes of low heat, put in the chopped mushrooms as well as bacon and let them sit in for additional 3 -5 minutes. Since we are adding those naturally flavored bacon back into the tomato sauce, there is no need for addition seasoning to the sauce.
Step 5.1. Pasta in!
Linguine normally takes 9 to 13 min depends what kind of texture you want your pasta to be. For those of you who aren’t familiar with pasta cooking time, this link provides a detailed table : http://www.bettycrocker.com/how-to/tipslibrary/charts-timetables-measuring/timetable-cooking-pasta.
Step 6. Fresh Basil In!
Creme Fraiche! Almost done! : C
Step 7. Pasta out! Now Make it pretty!
Take out pasta with a strainer then light season it with salt, fresh ground pepper and olive oil ( so your pasta noodles don’t stick to each other)
DONE!
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