Pasta with pea and bacon

I have located this recipe on pasta with pea and bacon in the weekly magazine "Søndag" (issue 3/2019), as it is an easy dish to make, I decided to make it and served for my mother for our usual Sunday dinner.

I decided to reduce the bacon amount from 200 g to 150, as the pack of bacon contains 150 g, and I did not want to open another pack of bacon, which perhaps would be soiled, beofre I would the ramaining part of it.

For me this pasta dish have some Spring theme over it.

Pasta with pea and bacon: 2-3 servings

• 250 g pasta
• 300 g peas
• 150 g bacon in squares
• 1 leak - thinly sliced
• 1 dl dairy whipping cream, between 18-38% fat
• 3-4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese - freshly grated
• ½ organic lemon - zest and juice
• Salt & pepper for seasoning
• Parsley & dill- optional

1. Start by frying the bacon on a warn frying pan.
2. When the bacon is brown and crispy, when add in the sliced leak and let it fry in the fat from the bacon.
3. Meanwhile boil the pasta.
4. 3 minutes before the pasta is boiled, add in the frozen peas, and boil the pasta and pea for the remaining 3 minutes of the pasta's boiling time.
5. after 2-3 minutes frying of the leak on the frying pan, pour in the dairy cream.
6. Add in the lemon zest & juice together with the grated Parmesan cheese into the frying pan. Stir well.
7. Season with salt & pepper. Add in fresh parsley and dill.
8. Drain the pasta and peas from the boiling water.
9. Add the pasta & peas into the bacon-leak sauce.
10. Serve in bowls.
11. Enjoy :-)