Pea, Bacon, and Lemon Pasta
Quick and easy to prepare, this delicious Pea, Bacon and Lemon Pasta recipe is the perfect mid week meal using the Baccarat Le Connoisseur Round French Saute Pan.
Ingredients
- 1 packet pasta
- 200gms frozen or fresh peas
- 8 rashers short cut bacon
- 1 lemon (use the juice and the rind)
- 1 punnet mushrooms
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ cup vegetable stock
- ¼ cup cream
Method
- Cook pasta according to instructions, set aside and keep warm.
- In a Baccarat Le Connoisseur Round French Saute Pan gently fry garlic until soft.
- Add bacon and fry until part cooked, part crispy.
- When the bacon is cooked, add peas, the rind of the lemon and mushroom slices.
- Stir well and cook through. Add the stock, cream and lemon juice to taste. Mix well.
- Serve hot and garnish with extra lemon rind.
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