Bacon and Tomato Pasta with Camembert Recipe
This easy camembert pasta recipe combines al dente penne with crispy bacon in a rich, melted camembert and Emmental cheese sauce, enhanced with tomatoes, basil, garlic, and a hint of chili flakes. Perfect for a quick and delicious dinner!
Ingredients
Pasta
- 120 grams bacon (smoked)
- black pepper (to taste)
- 50 grams camembert cheese
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
- 60 ml double cream
- 40 grams emmenthal cheese
- 4 sprig fresh basil
- 1 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 25 grams parmesan or pecorino cheese
- 200 grams penne pasta
- salt (to taste)
- 5 grams caster sugar
- 1 tin tinned tomatoes small
Bread
- 1 stick garlic bread
Instructions
- half fill a pan with water and boil, add a spot of olive oil and a pinch of salt to the boiling water, add the penne to the boiling water and simmer until tender but with a slight bite
- set the oven to 200C 400F or gas mark 6, put the bread on the baking tray and place in the oven follow the instructions on packaging
- heat the olive oil in the frying pan, chop the bacon into pieces, add the bacon to the pan, cook till crisp and golden brown
- peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely add to the bacon, cook for a minute or two, Add the chilli flakes, and tomatoes to the bacon, cook till sauce thickens to a jam like consistency, taste and add sugar if necessary
- cut the camembert into small cubes, grate the emmenthal, add the cheeses and cream to the bacon mixture
- drain the pasta and add to the sauce, if sauce is to tight add some of the reserved cooking water from the pasta, taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary, wash and tear the basil leaves, add the basil to the sauce saving a little to sprinkle on the top
- remove the garlic bread from the oven
- share the pasta equally between the serving bowls, serve with garlic bread, grated parmesan and a sprinkle of basil
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