While on school holiday vacation, I get into a ‘lazy’ cooking mode. Its not like I don’t want to cook. Its just that schedules and routines are out the window so when dinner time comes around, I’ve usually not prepared anything or given it much thought. Those nights we usually have toasted sandwiches, baked beans or something from the freezer.
I looked into the fridge and saw 4 slices of bacon, baby spinach leaves and ricotta, which I have earmarked for another recipe this week. I made a quick sauce out of the ricotta and bacon and threw it all into the cooked pasta, along with spinach leaves which had wilted from the heat of the pasta. The dish only took me as long as it took to boil the pasta. Now, http://zizics.com/profile/Paulsen that’s what I call ‘fast food’. Better than any fast food you can buy these days.
Pasta with Bacon, Baby Spinach & Ricotta
- pasta of your choice
- bacon, diced
- handful baby spinach leaves (for 4 people)
- 2 tbs ricotta
- salt & pepper
- grated parmesan to serve
- Boil pasta until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid.
- Once pasta is cooked, drain and return pasta to the saucepan.
- Add spinach leaves and stir through cooked pasta. Put lid back on saucepan and set aside.
- While pasta is boiling, fry bacon in a pan (with or without olive oil), add reserved water, salt and pepper and ricotta cheese.
- Stir to combine.
- Add to cooked pasta/spinach.
- Sprinkle with parmesan cheese to serve.
Serves 4.
