Creamy pasta with bacon and lemon
Recipe for easy creamy pasta with bacon, cream and lemon.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 722kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g bacon, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 150 ml whipping cream (38% fat)
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest
- 80 g Parmesan, finely grated
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 2 handfuls spinach
- 6 sprigs basil, leaves picked
- 400 g pasta
- Pasta cooking water
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Fry the bacon in a frying pan with a little oil until crisp. Season with freshly ground pepper and set aside.Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta until al dente.
- In the same frying pan, sauté the garlic for a couple of minutes, then stir in the cream, lemon zest and Parmesan. Heat the sauce through and add a splash of the pasta cooking water. Season to taste with freshly squeezed lemon juice, salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Stir the spinach and bacon through the sauce and cook until the spinach wilts, then toss the pasta and basil through the sauce.
- Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper and adjust the consistency with more pasta cooking water if needed - or let it simmer briefly until the sauce thickens and clings to the pasta.
Nutrition
Calories: 722kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 1140mg | Potassium: 681mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2194IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 310mg | Iron: 3mg