"A quick and delicious pasta with potatoes that the whole family will really love, especially when you don’t have time to cook."
Pasta With Potatoes & Bacon
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Prep time: 5mins
Cook time: 20mins
Serves or Makes: 4
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ingredients
- 5 fresh Medium-sized potatoes
- 1 chopped onion
- 1/2 chopped carrot
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 5 Basil leaves
- 1/2 glass white wine
- 500 gram pasta
- Grated parmesan cheese
- Salt & pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
Method
Step 1
First peel the potatoes and dice them, and slice up the carrots and onion.
Step 2
Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots and basil and let them soften. At this point add a pinch of salt & pepper too.
Step 3
Add the diced bacon and cook for about 3-4 minutes, until the bacon is golden.
Step 4
Add the potatoes and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the vegetable broth and bring to the boil then simmer slowl
Step 5
When the potatoes have softened, mash them with a fork, then add the white wine and bring to the boil then let it simmer. The potatoes don't need to be mashed 100%, but just roughly.
Step 6
In another pot cook the pasta with a pinch of salt.
Step 7
Add the pasta once it's al dente into your pan containing all the other ingredients. Mix well.
Step 8
Add the glass of pasta water and parmesan cheese and mix everything together. This will create an amazing cream.