151. Spaghetti with pesto sauce (Italian recipe)

Today you have a unique chance to add to your store of simple Italian recipes with bacon. Not long ago I posted the recipe for spaghetti with bacon and chilli, and today I'll post the recipe for pasta with pesto sauce. Pesto is a popular sauce of Italian cuisine based on olive oil, basil and cheese. Pesto is usually sold in small jars, has a distinctive green colour and changes the taste of familiar dishes very easily. Details are under the cut ;).

Cooking time ≈ 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 500 g spaghetti
• 150 g pesto sauce
• 250 g bacon
• 60 g butter

First fry the bacon in a hot frying pan.

Bring water to the boil in a deep pan, salt it and drop in the spaghetti.

Eight minutes later drain the water (or tip the spaghetti into a colander and then move it to another dish), add the butter to the pasta and mix thoroughly.

While the spaghetti is still hot, add the pesto sauce to it and stir again.

Spaghetti with pesto sauce made to the Italian recipe should be served straight away, with the bacon added and some herbs to decorate.

Bon appétit!