Pasta with bacon and pesto
If you’ve ever wanted a dish so simple to make and with very few ingredients, but with flavors and textures to satisfy even the most demanding gourmand, you’ve found it.
Servings 1 person
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon rock salt
- 1 handful pasta
- 1 to 2 tablespoons pesto
- 1 thick rasher bacon
- grated Parmesan
Instructions
- Boil three to four cups of water in a pot and stir in the salt.
- Add the pasta in the boiling water and cook until done but with still a little bite at the center (al dente, as the Italians say).
- Drain the pasta well.
- In a mixing bowl (or even in the same pot where you cooked the pasta), dump the drained noodles and add the pesto.
- Toss the pasta and pesto until blended.
- Add the bacon and toss.
- Transfer to a plate or shallow bowl and sprinkle with grated Parmesan before serving.
