Shells pasta with bacon and cherry tomatoes.

Shells pasta

Shells pasta with bacon and cherry tomatoes

I am pleased to share with you a simple but delicious recipe. It is called ‘Shells pasta with bacon and cherry tomatoes’. It is a dish that my kids love. A single helping is never enough for them.

 

Ingredients

500 gm shells pasta

250 gm cherry tomato (halved)

3 slices of short cut bacon (cut in pieces)

1½ tbsp unsalted butter

1 brown onion (blend into paste)

½ tsp chopped garlic

100 ml stock (chicken and anchovies)

2 tbsp thicken cream

parmesan cheese (shredded)

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

100 gm baby spinach leaves

Basil leaves

Olive oil

 

Procedure

Heat a pan. Slightly pan fried cut bacon and set it aside.

How to cook pasta al dente? Prepare a pot (25 cm diameter x 14 cm height). I roughly half fill the pot with water and place over high heat. When the water begins to boil, add 6 tsp of salt. After the salt has dissolved and the water is really boiling, add pasta to the water and stir frequently the first two minutes, then occasionally until the end of the cooking process. Drain the pasta and toss back into the pot. Pour some olive oil and mix well. Lid on.

Meanwhile, upon waiting for the pasta to cook, we shall continue to cook the pasta sauce.

On the same pan, melt butter over a medium heat. Fry onion till lightly brown. Add garlic and cook until fragrant. Add chicken and anchovies stock. Let it boil. Add bacon and cherry tomatoes. Season the stock with salt and ground black pepper. Add thicken cream and lastly parmesan cheese.

Pour the sauce together with the baby spinach into the pot of pasta. Stir and mix well.

To serve, top with fresh basil leaves and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

Bon appétit!!!