Easy Pesto Pasta with Bacon
4 standard portions
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Ingredients
- 2 Garlic cloves (chopped)
- 80 g Basil
- 70 g Parmesan
- 70 g Almonds
- ยฝ Lemon (juice of)
- 150 ml Extra virgin olive oil
- 6 Streaky Bacon Rashers
- 350 g Pasta
Method
- Put the garlic, basil, Parmesan, almonds and lemon juice into a food processor bowl and whiz until smooth.
- Slowly add the olive oil down the funnel and pulse into the pesto. Spoon into a bowl and season with salt if needed.
- Grill the bacon rashers until crisp and chop them up into small bits.
- Meanwhile, bring a pan of water to the boil and cook your chosen pasta according to instructions.
- Drain the pasta, then spoon through enough pesto to coat the pasta (you'll have some leftover, which you can store in the fridge in a clean jar).
- Spoon into bowls and sprinkle over the crispy bacon bits. Serve with extra Parmesan if you like things cheesy.