Home › One › simple pepper and bacon pasta simple pepper and bacon pasta RECIPE BY Guest Contributor yummy tagliatelle with pesto, bacon and peppers PREP 0 min COOK 0 min TOTAL 0 min YIELD 0 JUMP TO RECIPE SHARE Share on Facebook Share on Flipboard Share on Pinterest Share via Email Ingredients100g tagliatelle (about 4 bunches of it)Olive oil3 rashers of bacon4 fresh tomatoeshalf a red and green pepperhalf a red chillired pesto (optional) tomato pureefresh 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! Share: Share on Facebook Share on Flipboard Share on Pinterest Share via Email