Tag: Bacon Penne Pesto Pasta

5 Ingredients Challenge! 🙂

This has got to be the easiest and quickest pasta recipe I’ve done with the countless pasta dishes I’ve made in my lifetime. Giving in to the cooking shows I’ve been watching recently in using only 5 ingredients, I have got to vouch for this dish I made today for my husband’s baon (packed food) to work.

Can I just please say, it is BURSTING with flavor! Pasta recipes do not necessarily have to have a long list of ingredients to achieve that winner flavor. In fact, some of the Michelin star restaurants that features ‘must-try’ Pasta recipes literally has pasta + cream based sauce in it. It has nothing else. Period.

you only need 5 ingredients! (seriously)

1. 4-5 strips Bacon cut into small pieces (best to use SMOKED bacon vs honey cured bacon)
2. 200-250 grams Penne pasta
3. 3-4 cloves garlic (finely minced)
4. grated Parmesan cheese (1/3 cup)
5. Pesto ready-mix (I used McCormick Pesto Pasta Sauce Mix – you’ll only need about 1 tbsp of this; no need to use the entire pack)

Delicious Pasta in no time! 🙂

1. Bring water to a boil in a pot and add about half tbsp salt. Whilst waiting for water to boil, start heating up a pan in a separate stove on medium heat (saving time here!) and put in bacon to fry. No oil needed. The oil from the bacon fat will give your pasta all that yummy flavor!
2. Time to place pasta in the boiling water for about 5 mins~ Mix every now and then to avoid pasta to stick together. Drain and set aside.
3. Back to your bacon – as bacon cooks, add in garlic. You can actually throw in about half slice of butter if you already have that available to add creaminess to your pasta (this is optional). When garlic starts to toast/brown a bit, throw in all your pasta in the pan. Roughly mix.
4. Add pesto. Add parmesan cheese. Add 2-3 tbsp water for moisture. Mix everything well and you’re DONE.
5. Eat, enjoy and be proud of yourself! 🙂