Creamy bacon and runner bean pasta recipe
An easy pasta dinner recipe, ready in just 15 minutes. Use crème fraîche as a creamy sauce and pepper through salty chunks of bacon for a little lift, this delicious dinner will become a weekly go-to.
See method- Serves 4
- 5 mins to prepare and 10 mins to cook
- 619 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1tbsp olive oil
- 8 slices thick cut unsmoked bacon, sliced
- 1 x 225g pack runner beans, sliced
- 1tbsp English mustard
- 150ml creme fraiche
- 350g spaghetti
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- Energy
- 2580kJ 619.0kcal
- Fat
- 30g
- Saturates
- 14g
- Salt
- 2.1g
- Sugars
- 5g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 6.4gProtein 20.0gFibre 4.9g
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- Cook the spaghetti as instructed in the pack and add the runner beans for the last 5 minutes of cooking.
- While the pasta cooks, heat 1tbsp olive oil in a frying pan over a high heat and cook the bacon for 5-6 minutes, until just starting to brown.
- Stir the mustard andcrème fraîchetogether then mix in with the bacon. Turn down to a low heat, stir well and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Drain the pasta and the beans, reserving 2–3 tbsp of the cooking water. Toss the drained spaghetti and beans in the sauce, adding the cooking water to loosen. Season well before serving.
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