Pasta with pumpkin and bacon

Cooking time:

30 minutes

Active time:

15 minutes

Complexity:

Easy

Even if you are not very fond of pumpkin, it makes sense to try it in this form, in this recipe it is revealed from an unexpected side. This paste is bright, autumn, with an unambiguously masculine character! By the way, a rich beer with bitterness will be an excellent companion to it.

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Recipe "Pasta with pumpkin and bacon "

Ingredients for 2 servings

sweet orange pumpkin

250-300g

spaghetti

200 g

bacon or speck

100 g

garlic clove

olive oil

chili dry (flakes)

to taste

salt

freshly ground black pepper

Step 1/3

Put the salted pasta water to boil, cut the bacon into squares, peel the pumpkin and cut into small cubes. Pumpkin for this recipe is needed sweet, not too hard, with orange pulp, the variety "guitar" is perfect.

Step 2/3

Heat the bacon in a dry pan to heat the fat, add the pumpkin and a pinch of chilli, fry over medium heat until ruddy, pour in a tablespoon of water, salt, pepper, add the crushed garlic, reduce the heat and sweat the pumpkin under the lid until soft.

Step 3/3

Boil spaghetti in boiling salted water al dente, drain, season the pasta with olive oil, put on plates, top with pumpkin, if desired, you can sprinkle with grated parmesan. Serve hot!

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