Spelt penne with rosemary, bacon, and lemon. All the flavors are coated like a delicious layer to the hollow spelt penne. Each bite becomes a taste explosion. Tasteful and quick for busy days.
Although I make my own pasta sometimes with spelt flour, I was curious about the taste of the storebought one. Mine combines egg and speltflour and the one from the store is with water instead of egg. So I decided to make a recipe of spelt penne with rosemary, bacon, and lemon.
The taste of the spelt penne can be compared best with a whole-wheat penne. It was al dente and therefore had a nice bite. I think that a spelt penne (as for a whole wheat penne too) needs flavourful ingredients, so I chose rosemary, bacon, and lemon. And I got a taste explosion with each spoon!
- Because the penne is hollow the flavors of the herbs, lemon, and bacon coat the penne on both sites which gives it so much more taste.
- I didn't add any veggies to this recipe. So we ate an arugula salad with pistachios as a side dish.
- If you'd rather eat no meat, use sun-dried tomatoes cut into strips instead of bacon. TIP Mix one tablespoon of oil from the jar of sun-dried tomatoes in the pasta for additional flavor.
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Spelt penne with rosemary, bacon and lemon
Ingredients
- 500 grams Penne spelt
- 250 gram bacon cut in small strips
- 1 shallot finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- ½ lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon rosemary chopped, fresh
- 125 grams mozzarella
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
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Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the manufacturer's packaging.
- In the meanwhile put a frying pan and fry the bacon.
- After 3 minutes add the shallot to the bacon.
- Then after another minute add the garlic.
- Pour the lemon juice and rosemary into the frying pan with the bacon and turn the heat off.
- Drain the penne and mix the bacon mixture through.
- Spoon the pasta on plates and arrange the mozzarella on top of the penne.
- Sprinkle some lemon zest over it.
Notes
- Because the penne is hollow the flavors of the herbs, lemon, and bacon coat the penne on both sites which gives it so much more taste.
- I didn't add any veggies to this recipe. So we ate an arugula salad with pistachios as a side dish.
- If you'd rather eat no meat, use sun-dried tomatoes cut into strips instead of bacon. TIP Mix one tablespoon of oil from the jar of sun-dried tomatoes in the pasta for additional flavor.
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