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Creamy bacon pasta salad recipe

Creamy bacon pasta salad recipe

31 ratings

Created by The Tesco Real Food team

Serve up this creamy pasta salad for those warm summer evenings. With crispy bacon and greens beans in a lemon crème fraîche sauce, this dish will go a hit with the whole family. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 10 mins to prepare and 10 mins to cook
  • 417 calories / serving
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

  • 150g cooking bacon, meat finely sliced
  • 250g red lentil fusilli
  • 200g frozen green beans
  • 125ml 50% less fat crème fraîche
  • 1 small garlic clove, crushed​
  • ½ lemon, juiced​
  • 75g baby spinach, washed
  • 1 cucumber portion, deseeded and sliced
  • 4 spring onions, finely sliced​
1 of your 5-a-day and high in protein

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    1755kj
    417kcal
    21%
  • Fat

    12g 16%
  • Saturates

    6g 28%
  • Sugars

    4g 4%
  • Salt

    1.3g 21%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 48.1g Protein 26.9g Fibre 7.1g

Method

  1. Preheat the grill to high. Put the bacon on the grill tray and grill for 8-10 mins, turning halfway, until very crisp and deep golden. Leave to cool slightly.
  2. Meanwhile, cook the pasta to pack instructions, adding the green beans for the last 3 mins; drain.
  3. Mix the crème fraîche, garlic, lemon juice and some seasoning in a large bowl. Stir in the cooked pasta and green beans, the spinach, cucumber and spring onions; toss well to coat. Divide between plates or tip onto a platter. Crumble over the cooked bacon to serve.

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