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 flavor, hearty and satisfying, and on your plate in 10 minutes.
- 300g Pasta: We’ve used spaghetti, which works perfectly for this dish, but use what you like
- 1 Onion and 2 garlic cloves – Frozen or fresh are fine here for these ingredients
- 240 Bacon – We 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
- 170g Sundried tomatoes – The type in oil, not the dry type which take a little longer to soften. See notes below for more info on this ingredient
- 4 tbsp Tomato Puree
- 200g Peas – We like to use frozen peas as they’re handy to have in the freezer, and they’re sweet and delicious
- 200g Cream cheese – Any kind is fine to use
- Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 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.)
