Pasta, Peas and Bacon
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If you’re sitting at home wondering how you can make a delicious dinner in about twenty minutes, this recipe for pasta with peas and bacon is for you!
Peas is one of those things you love or hate. My MOST POPULAR RECIPE OF ALL TIME is my hamburger and peas recipe.
If you love peas, you also know they brighten up a lot of dishes, like stews, meat pies and are a great accompaniment to starches such as boiled potatoes, rice or pasta.
Peas paired with some crispy bacon, sauteed shallots, some parmesan cheese wake macaroni up, not just in taste but also in looks, because this dish is appetizing.
Frozen peas work the best and are thrown into the pasta while still frozen. The bacon gives the peas flavor and half should be reserved to add at the end (to have some crispy).
As far as using butter or olive oil, both fat choices work, or use both like I do, and as I always say, don’t forget the pasta broth, which serves as a thickner.
Ingredients
- Pasta
- Peas
- Bacon
- Butter
- Olive Oil
- Parmesan or Pecorino
- Pasta Water
- Shallots
Recipes Where Peas Shine
- Italian Ground Beef, Onion, Peas
- Veal Stew with Purple Peas and Potatoes
- Peas with Ricotta Appetizer
- Salmon with Tarragon Peas Sauce
Pasta Peas and Bacon
Ingredients
- 1 pound pasta
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 4 slices thick bacon
- 2 shallots chopped
- 3 cups frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- pecorino cheese
- pasta water as needed
- salt, pepper for seasoning
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to instructions.
- In large frying pan crispy bacon. Depending on what bacon you use, save just one tablespoon of bacon grease in the pan.
- Remove bacon and drain on paper towels. You will add bacon at end.
- Add shallot to bacon grease. saute for five minutes until softened, stirring.
- Add frozen peas and continue to cook on medium heat until peas are cooked through.
- Once pasta is cooked through add to frying pan with a little bit of the pasta water. Add in each tablespoon of butter, and olive oil, more if needed.
- Add bacon, pecorino cheese and toss. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Keep in mind bacon and pecorino are already salty.
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