We have a pasta dish at
least once a week. It's quick, tasty and with the right ingredients
pretty reasonable. It also just happens to be Miss JibberJabber's
favourite meal. Usually our pasta dishes consist of a cheese or
tomato base but this recipe combines the two. The bacon comes into it
as I went shopping at 10.30 in the morning one day and they were
already doing second reductions. The packs of cooking off the
butcher's counter had been reduced to 35p so I bought all four packs
to put in my freezer. I have made this dish many times without the
bacon so it is quite feasible to leave it out.
Serves 4
Equipment: Large frying pan, large saucepan, oven-proof dish
Equipment: Large frying pan, large saucepan, oven-proof dish
Ingredients
11oz (315g) Cooking bacon,
chopped
9oz (260g) Pasta shapes
400g Tin Whole tomatoes
7oz (200g) Mozzarella
cheese, diced
2 tbsp (30ml) Fresh basil,
torn
Black pepper
3oz (85g) Fresh Italian hard
cheese, grated (I used Grana Padano)
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to
180°C.
2. In a large frying start
to fry the bacon until it is coloured.
3. Meanwhile in a large
saucepan cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.
4. Once the bacon has
browned add the tomatoes and break them down in the pan.
5. Add the mozzarella, half
the grated cheese, basil and black pepper. Bring to the boil then
remove from the heat.
6. Once the pasta has cooked
drain it and put in the oven-proof dish.
7. Pour over the sauce and
then sprinkle on the remaining grated cheese.
8. Cook for 10 minutes until
the cheese starts to bubble.
Linking with Emily at A Mummy Too for #RecipeoftheWeek and Lucy at Supergolden Bakes for #CookBlogShare.
A fab tea time basic :) I love cheese..... wish my kids could eat it!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what we would eat if we couldn't have cheese!
DeleteJust my kind of meal! yum!
ReplyDeleteWe are big fans of pasta in this family too. I'm veggie but I love Quorn which would work really well in this reicpe. Yum! Perfect for cold winter's nights!
ReplyDeleteYes, you could add Quorn after the tomatoes and cook it through before adding the mozzarella and basil.
DeleteI love pasta bakes! It's almost every week in my meal plan, so easy to make, no need for fancy ingredients too!
ReplyDeleteI'm a veggie too - I make something similar to this without the bacon and with gnocchi instead of pasta: - http://www.kneadwhine.co.uk/2013/09/gnocchi-tomato-bake.html
ReplyDeleteIt's a meal I make all the time.
We do something quite similar here too. I love the simplicity of meals like this.
ReplyDeleteThe pasta possibilities are endless! Quick and easy, right up my street :)
ReplyDeleteI know my boys would adore this. They both love pasta any which way ot comes!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly the sort of thing I would cook when I haven't got a lot of time. It looks delicious so I'm bookmarking it.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I could so eat this right now! Perfect for a family meal.
ReplyDeleteNow this looks and sounds lovely!
ReplyDeleteoh, this sounds scrummy
ReplyDeleteWe love pasta bake and it is something that the teenager is going to be making once a week in the new year. (He doesn't know this yet!)
ReplyDeleteThis is a real family pleaser! Thanks for joining in with #recipeoftheweek
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