Description
Creamy Bacon Kale Pasta recipe gives us a quick creamy pasta dish thanks to creme fraiche for an easy weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
225 grams / ½ pound bacon rashers
3 1/2 cups curly kale, stalks removed and finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
250 grams / 8.8 ounces creme fraiche
1 teaspoon sea salt
300 grams / 10 ounces fresh tagliatelle pasta
Instructions
- Heat a little oil in a frying pan on medium heat and add the bacon rashers.
- Place the bacon in a large frying pan on medium heat and cook until almost crispy, flipping until the bacon is evenly brown on both sides, approximately 3-4 minutes each side.
- Remove the bacon to cool and then slice into bite size pieces. Keep the heat on the frying pan steady.
- Place the onion, garlic, and kale into the same frying pan, stirring until the kale is beginning to wilt, approximately 7 minutes.
- Add in the bacon, stirring through until just heated.
- Cook the fresh pasta until al dente according to instructions and remove from the heat, do not drain.
- Add the creme fraiche and remove the pasta from the hot water with tongs and 1/2 cup of the pasta water, stirring to combine and coat everything with the creme fraiche.
- Continue cooking for approximately 3 minutes until the pasta is well coated and everything is hot.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Previous version of this recipe: Called for 1 cup pouring cream and 1/2 cup mozzarella, grated. They were replaced with 250 grams or 1/2 pound creme fraiche which adds a tang and accompanies the flavors beautifully.
Sub for kale: If you don't have kale (or don't like it), you could easily sub spinach instead, but this would only need 3 minutes of cooking as opposed to the 7 minutes for kale.
Recipe by Roamingtaste
Nutrition
- Calories: 685 calories per serve
Keywords: pasta, dinner,