Linguine with Crispy Bacon and Garlic Cream Cheese Sauce
Recipe by Antony Worrall Thompson
This quick-as-a-flash pasta is simple and full of flavour. If you don't eat meat, substitute the bacon for juicy portobello mushrooms.
Serves 2
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz back bacon
- 100g/4oz garlic cream cheese (such as Boursin)
- 150ml /5floz single cream
- 100g/4oz frozen peas
- 350g/12oz pasta, such as linguine or penne
Method
- Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until al dente - check the packet instructions, but it is generally around 12 minutes. Meanwhile, grill the bacon until crisp, then drain on kitchen paper and snip into pieces. In a small pan melt the cream cheese with the cream , stirring until smooth.
- Cook the peas with the pasta for the last 3 minutes, drain pasta and pour over the sauce. Sprinkle with bacon and serve.
