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Chargrilled courgette and smoked bacon pasta

Courgette Bacon Pasta Recipe

Chargrilled courgette and smoked bacon pasta

Name: Chargrilled courgette and smoked bacon pasta
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 150g fiorelli or fusilli pasta; 2 medium courgettes halved and sliced 1cm thick on the diagonal; 2½ tbsp olive oil; 4 slices smoked streaky bacon chopped; 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced; a pinch dried chilli flakes

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: August 5, 2019 at 4:01 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Salty smoked bacon adds extra flavour to this simple courgette pasta, livened up with fried chilli flakes for a quick midweek meal

Low calorie

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Ingredients

Nutrition

150g fiorelli or fusilli pasta
2 medium courgettes

halved and sliced 1cm thick on the diagonal
2½ tbsp olive oil
4 slices smoked streaky bacon

chopped
2 cloves garlic

thinly sliced
a pinch dried chilli flakes

Nutrition: per serving

kcal530

low
fat25.6g
saturates5.9g
carbs51g
sugars3.4g
fibre6.1g
protein20.7g
salt1.8g

Method

step 1

Cook the pasta following pack instructions.
step 2

Meanwhile, toss the courgettes in 1 tbsp of olive oil and season. Heat a griddle pan until hot, then griddle the courgettes in batches until tender and grill-marked on both sides. As they are done, remove to a bowl and cover with a plate to keep warm.
step 3

Heat the remaining 11/2 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan and fry the bacon until crisp and golden. Add the garlic, turn down the heat so it doesn’t burn, and cook for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the chilli flakes, if using.
step 4

Drain the pasta, reserving a mug of the cooking water. Tip the pasta and courgettes into the bacon pan with 2 tbsp of the cooking water, and toss everything together. Season well and serve.

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