Pappardelle With Tomato and Bacon |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Four ingredients are all you need to toss together this simple pasta dish of Pappardelle With Tomato and Bacon. Ingredients:
4 slices bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces |
1 pound dry pappardelle pasta |
2 leeks, white and light green parts only, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced (2 cups) |
1 pound cherry tomatoes (about 3 cups) |
Directions:
1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook bacon, stirring often, until crispy (8-10 minutes); transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate, reserving 1 tablespoon bacon fat in skillet. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions in salted water; reserve 1/2 cup pasta water.
2. While pasta cooks, heat skillet and reserved fat over medium heat; add leeks and cherry tomatoes. Cook, stirring, until leeks begin to soften (about 5 minutes). Add reserved pasta water; simmer, partially covered, until tomatoes have burst and leeks are tender (12-15 minutes). Toss pasta with leek mixture and bacon and arrange in 6 serving bowls.
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