Home From Work Spaghetti

7 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 14 ounces dried spaghetti or 14 ounces other pastas
  • 4 slices streaky bacon
  • 2 zucchini (small size ones)
  • 8 ounces cherry tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons pesto sauce
  • freshly grated parmesan cheese, to serve

Directions

  1. 1
    Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.
  2. 2
    Add the spaghetti and return to the boil, then cook at a rolling boil for the time given on the pack, stirring once or twice.
  3. 3
    This usually takes 10 to 12 minutes.
  4. 4
    Meanwhile cut up the bacon and zucchini into small chunks.
  5. 5
    Halve the tomatoes.
  6. 6
    Heat the oil in a large deep frying pan, add the bacon and fry for 5 minutes,until it starts to crisp.
  7. 7
    Tip in the zucchini and tomatoes and cook for a further 2 to 3 minutes until the zucchini begins to brown around the edges and the tomatoes begin to soften.
  8. 8
    When the pasta is cooked, spoon a couple of tablespoons of the cooking water into the vegetables, then drain the pasta and tip it into the vegetables too.
  9. 9
    Spoon in the pesto and toss well until everything is coated.
  10. 10
    Serve straight from the pan, with freshly grated parmesan.

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