simple pepper and bacon pasta

yummy tagliatelle with pesto, bacon and peppers

Ingredients

• 100g tagliatelle (about 4 bunches of it)
• Olive oil
• 3 rashers of bacon
• 4 fresh tomatoes
• half a red and green pepper
• half a red chilli
• red pesto (optional)
• tomato puree
• fresh parsley chopped finely
• (if cooking for 2 just double the ingredients)

Instructions

STEP 1:

Get a large pan of salted water on the boil, and heat a frying pan.

STEP 2:

Cut bacon into bite size pieces (using scissors is easiest), and gently fry in oil.

STEP 3:

Meanwhile scoop out inside of tomotes and cut into chunks.

STEP 4:

Do the same with the peppers, and deeseed the chilli and chop finely.

STEP 5:

Add peppers, tomatoes, tomato puree and chilli to bacon and fry gently. Season with salt and pepper, add parsley.

STEP 6:

Add tagliatelle to boiling water and cook for around 7 minutes, until al dente. Add about a third of a cupful of pasta water to frying pan.

STEP 7:

When pasta is cooked drain and mix in pesto if using.

STEP 8:

Add pasta to ingredients in frying pan and mix well.

STEP 9:

Put pasta onto plate and drizzle some olive oil over top. Season again with tiny bit of pepper and some more fresh parsley.

STEP 10:

Serve and enjoy!