Recipes
Creamy bacon and leek pasta
This Creamy bacon and leek pasta from @beatthebudget is so moreish and so quick and easy to make.
This Creamy bacon and leek pasta from @beatthebudget is so moreish and so quick and easy to make.
Cook: 35 Mins
Serves: 5
Price: £0.95 per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 429g serving contains
Energy
7855kj
438kcal
7855kj
438kcal
22%
Fat
15.9g
15.9g
Med
23%
23%
Saturates
5.6g
5.6g
Low
28%
28%
Sugars
7.7g
7.7g
Low
9%
9%
Salt
1.93g
1.93g
High
32%
32%
2
of your 5-a-dayof your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1831kj/438kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1831kj/438kcal
Ingredients
300g- 500g Cooking Bacon, sliced into small chunks
2 Courgettes, thinly sliced into quarters
500g Leeks, washed thoroughly and thinly sliced
200g-300g Cream Cheese
400g Pasta Shapes
Black Pepper
Method
1
Start by adding the bacon into a non-stick frying pan over a medium to low heat to allow the fat to render. Gently fry for around 8 minutes, or until the bacon starts to get crispy.
2
Remove a third of the bacon from the pan and set aside for a topping. Add the leeks into the pan and season generously with pepper. Stir to combine and gently fry for 5 minutes.
3
During this time, add your pasta to boiling water, setting your timer to the packet time minus two minutes.
4
When the leeks have been frying for 5 minutes, add the courgettes into the pan to fry for a further 5 minutes.
5
Next, add the cream cheese and stir to combine. Loosen with around 3 ladles of pasta water, then add the undercooked pasta (reserve the pasta water when draining). Stir to combine and continue to cook until the sauce is thickened. Loosen with additional pasta water as necessary.
6
Serve with an extra sprinkle of crispy bacon and black pepper. Enjoy!