Creamy Pasta With Bacon
Created by ImPat on September 30, 2017
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #28254
Ingredients
- 500 grams dry angel hair pasta
- 40 grams butter
- 90 grams bacon (3 rashers), rind removed and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed
- 1 lemon, whole (zest finely grated and juiced)
- 1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped (semi-dried tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped)
- 300 ml low-fat sour cream
- 50 grams spinach leaves (baby)
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated (to serve)
How to Make
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Step 1: Cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling salted water for 8 minutes or until tender and then drain and RESERVE 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid.
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Step 2: Melt butter in a frying pan over moderate heat and add bacon, cook and stir for 3 minutes or until bacon is crisp and then add capers and zest and cook and stir for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
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Step 3: Add the pasta, reserved cooking liquid, juice, tomatoes, sour cream and spinach and toss to combine and sprinkle with parmesan.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (326.6 g)
- Calories 738.5
- Total Fat - 21.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.5 g
- Cholesterol - 56.8 mg
- Sodium - 746.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 117.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 15.9 g
- Sugars - 2.2 g
- Protein - 23.2 g
- Calcium - 194.7 mg
- Iron - 2.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 34.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg