Bacon, Leek & Pine Nut Pasta – a fabulous quick and easy midweek meal. Rustle this up in minutes after a hard day at work!
Today I’m sharing Bacon, Leek & Pine Nut Pasta!
The other day I’d taken some bacon out of the freezer for the evening meal thinking I’d do a pasta dish. That evening I realised that I also had a packet of leeks begging to be used so I rummaged through my cupboards looking for some inspiration.
There I found some pine nuts that also needed using up and so this dish evolved! These three simple ingredients marry off really well with the extra virgin olive oil, pasta and Parmesan cheese.
My family loved this dish so I will certainly be making this again and it’s so good for when you’re in a hurry!
For more pasta dish inspiration you might like:
- 10 Minute Mushroom Pasta
- Quick Leftover Pork Pesto Pasta
- Cheesy Tuna Pasta
- 10 Minute Pasta Bowl with Tomato & Basil Sauce
- Pumpkin Pasta with Brown Butter Sauce
- One Pot Spicy Sausage Pasta
- Sicilian Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Olives & Fresh Herbs
- Leftover Turkey & Leek Pasta Bake
What’s your favourite quick pasta dish? Do share in the comments below!
Start by frying your bacon until just starting to brown.
Then add the sliced leeks and sweat while you put the pasta on to boil.
Add the pine nuts and then the rest of the EVO.
Season with freshly ground pepper.
Stir mixture into the drained pasta.
Serve with a dusting of Parmesan.
Bacon, Leek & Pine Nut Pasta
Ingredients
- 300 g / 11oz Pasta shapes
- 3 Leeks medium finely sliced
- 6 Bacon Rashers smoked or unsmoked, finely sliced
- 20 g / 0.7oz Pine nuts
- 3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Freshly ground pepper
- Parmesan grated to taste
Instructions
- Fry the bacon in a large wok or frying pan in 1 tbsp oil until starting to brown.
- Stir the sliced leeks and cover with a lid and continue to cook on a low to medium heat stirring occasionally..
- Meanwhile cook the pasta according to their instructions.
- Once the leeks are cooked make a well in the centre of the pan, turn the heat up, add the pine nuts and heat through for a minute.
- Then add 2 tbsp oil and heat through stirring ingredients together, season well with pepper.
- Add the bacon, leeks and pine nuts to the pasta and stir through.
- Serve with grated parmesan cheese.
Amy Fidler
Love pasta dishes,so i will be attempting this x
Camilla
Great Amy, enjoy:-)
Lisa Williams
This looks so yummy and warming …. another one to add to my list of things to try out 🙂
Ruth Hedges
I love quick and simple meals and this one has all my favourite ingredients so it’s definitely one I’m going to try. Thanks for sharing!
Camilla
Thanks Ruth, enjoy:-)
Ursula Hunt
I have started to eat more pine nuts to reduce my weight and this is a great idea
Camilla
I do love pinenuts, didn’t know they could help you lose weight though!
Maya Russell
This sounds nice. Hopefully it’ll get the kids to eating leeks.
Anne Dalzell
I love the combination of leek and bacon, it always goes so well together. Being Northern Irish i usually pan fry it with some cooked potatoes and a load of butter.
Camilla
Yes potatoes are synonymous with Ireland so I can imagine:-)
William Gould
Wife make a similar dish, never thought of using leeks though….
Jayne Sullivan
This dish looks so tasty. Such a clever idea to use pine nuts. Thank you so much for the recipe.
Carolyn Clapham
I love the sound of that. I’ll definitely give it a try when my home-grown leeks are big enough to use
Rachel O'neill
Well this ones a winner for me I love bacon and leeks together any way, for some reason I’ve never put them together with pasta, so thanks for the idea.
Paul Wilson
Mmmm looks great.
KMayers
I can’t eat too much bacon as a rule. Same with pasta – but the way you’ve put this dish together it would be ideal for me I think. It looks so tasty! I can’t wait to try it 🙂
Camilla
Great:-)
Maya Russell
Looks so nice, alas, my daughter hate’s nuts. I suppose I could put them in afterwards, just for me.
Camilla
Pine Nuts aren’t really nuts they’re more like seeds, my 10 yr old loves them:-)
Ursula Hunt
Another great pasta dish
Tracy Nixon
This look lovely! Going to make this tomorrow!
Sara Hughes
Good ingredients, quick and easy for after work too, Great when autumn starts to set in.
Lisa Williams
this is great it looks so simple and delicious 🙂
Fishfingers for tea
Bacon and leek is a fabulous combination! I wish that the husband liked pasta more, it would make life a little easier at times! But the toddler is as happy as I am to wolf down huge bowls, we make a similar thing and I love it for its ease but extreme tastiness!
Camilla
Oh I know all about different tastes, it can drive you mad!
Karen
What a wonderful random meal and with bacon in it, is has my name al over it! Happy birthday for today! Karen
Camilla
Thank you Karen, random but yummy:-) Camilla
Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand
Very tasty Camilla. I love pan fried leeks but often forget about buying them. We eat pasta very regularly in our home – probably twice a week and my husband throws on pine nuts to ALL pasta dishes (he is obsessed with the flavour!)
Camilla
Thanks Jacqueline! He’s a man after my own heart, my favourite pizza the “Venizziana” has pinenuts on it so I’m usually throwing them over our own pizzas with garlic oil, sultanas and red onion rings (oh and capers for hubby which I give to him in the restaurant)!
Mich - Piece of Cake
Love the bacon, leek and pine nut combination… sounds most delicious!
Camilla
Thanks Mich, we enjoyed it!
Vanesther
Mmmm, simple and tasty. Love it!
Camilla
Thanks Vanesther! The simpler the better eh!
Javelin Warrior
I love dishes that just come from random ingredients and a spark of inspiration – they’re often the most tasty and toughest to duplicate later unless written down at the exact moment of making 🙂 This sounds quite tasty and thanks so much for sharing!
Camilla
Thank you Mark. Yeh, luckily I am organised now and have an exercise book and pen on the work top to jot these things down as otherwise they are gone forever as you say! Mind you this dish is so simple there wouldn’t be much to get wrong;-)