Creamy Bacon Pasta {10 Minute Meal}
When we need a quick dinner that everyone will love and we don’t want to use loads of ingredients, this Creamy Bacon Pasta recipe is here to save you. Full of flavour, hearty and satisfying, and on your plate in 10 minutes.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 300 g Dried pasta I use spaghetti
- 1 Onion Peeled and finely chopped
- 2 Garlic cloves Or puree
- 240 g Streaky smoked bacon Chopped into 1cm strips
- 170 g Sundried tomatoes The type in oil, drained and chopped into thin strips
- 4 tbsp Tomato puree
- 200 g Peas Frozen is fine
- 200 g Cream cheese
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cook your pasta according to the instructions on the pack, in a pan of well salted water.
- Put your onions, garlic, tomatoes and bacon into a pan and fry over a medium heat for 5-10 minutes until the onions are softened and the bacon is cooked through (you shouldn’t need any oil as the bacon will release some).
- Five minutes before your pasta has finished cooking, add the peas to the pasta pan and continue cooking as normal.
- When the bacon and onions are cooked, reduce the heat to low and add the tomato puree and cream cheese. Give everything a good stir and cook for 2-3 minutes until just heated through.
- When the pasta and peas are cooked, drain (reserve a cup of the cooking water) and add the pasta and peas into the pan with the bacon and vegetables. Add black pepper and a splash of reserved cooking water if you'd like a more runny sauce.
- Give everything a good stir and serve immediately. (This shouldn't need any more salt as the bacon is salted, but taste it to be sure.)
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Notes
Pasta: I’ve used spaghetti, which works perfectly for this dish, but use what you like
Onion and garlic: Frozen or fresh is fine here for these ingredients
Bacon: I like to use streaky smoked bacon for this pasta dish as it has loads of flavour, but if all you have is back bacon or unsmoked, that's totally fine too
Peas: I like to use frozen peas as they're handy to have in store, and they're sweet and delicious
Cream cheese: Any kind is fine to use
Sundried tomatoes: Use the sundried tomatoes in oil here as they are much softer than the dry type. If you want to hide them from children, cut them up very small and they’ll almost melt into the sauce. Quantities don't have to be exact.
Pasta water: Reserve a little pasta cooking water so you can help the sauce to loosen up when stirring the dish together. It will give a nice silky smooth finish to the pasta.
Nutrition
Calories: 619kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 1438mg | Potassium: 1987mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 1112IU | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 161mg | Iron: 6mg