Chef John's BLT Pasta

Name: Chef John's BLT Pasta
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 946 milliliters baby arugula, coarsely chopped; 227 grams bacon, cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 473 milliliters halved cherry tomatoes; 158 milliliters creme fraiche; 473 milliliters ditalini pasta; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 4 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 1 Tbsp olive oil

Chef John's BLT Pasta might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 20g of protein, 35g of fat, and a total of 674 calories. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. A mixture of baby arugula, olive oil, lemon zest, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the creme fraiche you could follow this main course with the Peach And Creme Fraiche Pie as a dessert.

Instructions

Pour olive oil into a heavy skillet over medium heat, add bacon, and cook until almost crisp, 5 to 8 minutes. Turn off heat. Hold a paper towel with tongs and mop up excess bacon grease with the paper towel, leave about 2 teaspoons bacon grease in the skillet.

Ingredients you will need

Bacon

Olive Oil

Equipment you will use

Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Tongs

Stir minced garlic and lemon zest into bacon in the skillet and let cook in residual heat until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir creme fraiche into bacon mixture.

Ingredients you will need

Creme Fraiche