How To Make Bacon Tomato and Spinach Spaghetti
Make a pasta dish that is absolutely flavorful with the right hint of refreshing earthiness. This spaghetti recipe uses spinach for a depth of flavor.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 10ozdry spaghetti
- 2largeeggs
- ¼ cupheavy cream
- ½ cupparmesan cheeseslighlty packed finely shredded
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 8ozbacon,diced
- 1cupfinely chopped yellow onionsmall
- 1lbgrape or cherry tomatoes,halved
- 1tbspgarlicminced
- 6ozbaby spinachrinsed and drained
- ¼ cupfresh basil leavestorn
Instructions
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In a small mixing bowl whisk eggs and 1 tsp pepper until eggs are well blended. Whisk in heavy cream and parmesan cheese and set aside.
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Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until just crisp, about 5 to 7 minutes.
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Transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towels while leaving rendered bacon drippings in skillet.
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Add onions to drippings and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Add in tomatoes and garlic and saute 1 minute longer.
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Then add spinach cover and cook, tossing occasionally, until it just starts to wilt, about 2 minutes longer.
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Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in boiling water just to al dente according to directions on the package. Before draining spaghetti reserve hot pasta water.
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While whisking slowly pour hot pasta into the egg mixture. Return drained spaghetti to the now-empty pot set over medium-low heat.
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Add egg mixture and cook and toss constantly until sauce begins to thicken slightly about 1 minute.
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Add tomato mixture and bacon to pot with spaghetti and continue to cook and toss constantly until sauce coats the spaghetti, about 1 minute longer. Season with salt to taste and toss in half of the basil.
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Serve warm sprinkled with remaining basil and with more parmesan.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 1882.34kcal
- Fat:Â 147.81g
- Saturated Fat:Â 86.13g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.07g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 45.42g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 8.00g
- Carbohydrates:Â 64.77g
- Fiber:Â 5.14g
- Sugar:Â 13.86g
- Protein:Â 76.87g
- Cholesterol:Â 531.52mg
- Sodium:Â 2503.07mg
- Calcium:Â 2045.61mg
- Potassium:Â 1115.89mg
- Iron:Â 4.79mg
- Vitamin A: 1584.56µg
- Vitamin C:Â 30.63mg
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