To level up your standard weeknight pasta, simmer crispy bacon with blistered tomatoes and charred broccoli in a cream cheese sauce that is sure to get your taste buds singing. This simple and easy pasta dish is sure to impress even your harshest of critics!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
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1 packet
Penne
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy.)
1 packet
Snacking Tomatoes
1
Broccoli
100 g
Bacon
1 packet
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk;)
1 packet
Light Cooking Cream
(Contains: Milk;)
1 drizzle
olive oil
¼ tsp
salt
• Boil a kettle of water. Fill a large saucepan with boiling water and a generous
pinch of salt.
• Cook penne in boiling water over high heat until ‘al dente’, 12 minutes.
• Reserve pasta water(see ingredients). Drain penne, then return
to saucepan.
TIP: ‘Al dente’ pasta is cooked through but still slightly firm in the centre.
• Meanwhile, halve snacking tomatoes.
• Chop broccoli (including stalk!) into small florets.
• Roughly chop bacon.
• In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook
broccoli and bacon, tossing until just golden, 4-5 minutes.
• Add snacking tomatoes and cook until blistered, 1-2 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, then add cream cheese, light cooking cream,
the salt and reserved pasta water, stirring until sauce is smooth and
vegetables are coated, 2-3 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat, then stir through cooked penne until combined.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide cream cheese bacon and broccoli pasta between bowls to
serve. Enjoy!
ELEVATE ME: If you added extra ingredients to this recipe, slice lemon into
wedges. Squeeze lemon juice over pasta, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and
tear over parsley to serve.