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Cream Cheese Double Bacon & Broccoli Pasta
Cream Cheese Double Bacon & Broccoli Pasta

Cream Cheese Double Bacon & Broccoli Pasta

with Cherry Tomatoes

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!

Allergens:
Gluten
Wheat
Milk

The quantities provided above are averages only.

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Preparation Time25 minutes
Cooking Time10 minutes
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

Serving amount

1 packet

Penne

(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy.)

1 packet

Snacking Tomatoes

1

Broccoli

200 g

Bacon

1 packet

Cream Cheese

(Contains: Milk;)

1 packet

Light Cooking Cream

(Contains: Milk;)

Not included in your delivery

1 drizzle

olive oil

¼ tsp

salt

Nutritional Values

Energy (kJ)3590 kJ
Calories858 kcal
Fat45.6 g
of which saturates23.9 g
Carbohydrate73.2 g
of which sugars8.5 g
Dietary Fibre7.6 g
Protein37.7 g
Cholesterol67.2 mg
Sodium1820 mg
The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ

Utensils

Large Non-Stick Pan
Large Pan

Cooking Steps

Cook the pasta
1
  • Boil a full kettle of water. Pour boiled water into a large saucepan over high heat with a generous pinch of salt.
  • Cook penne in boiling water until ‘al dente’, 12 minutes.
  • Reserve pasta water (1/4 cup for 2 people / 1/2 cup for 4 people). Drain penne, then return to saucepan.
Get prepped
2
  • Meanwhile, halve snacking tomatoes.
  • Chop broccoli (including stalk!) into small florets.
  • Roughly chop bacon.
Bring it all together
3
  • 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 the reserved pasta water, stirring until smooth and combined, 2-3 minutes.
  • Remove pan from heat and stir through cooked penne until combined. Season to taste. 
Finish & serve
4
  • Divide cream cheese bacon and broccoli pasta between bowls. Enjoy!
  • ELEVATE ME: If you added extra ingredients to this recipe, slice lemon into wedges and squeeze over lemon juice, tear over parsley and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve.

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