Pasta with bacon and poached egg

4 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 20 mins
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This dish is truly a heavenly combination of flavours and textures.

By Food24 February 20 2014
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Ingredients (11)

2 tsp fresh chillies — 573
1 bacon — shoulder, diced
200 g asparagus — bite size pieces
100 g peas — fresh or frozen
4 eggs — free-range, large
2 Tbs vinegar — white
250 g pasta — penne, cooked until al dente
1/2 cup parmesan — shavings
3 Tbs olive oil — parmesan infused
lemon — juice only
salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
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Method:

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the bacon until crispy and golden.
Remove the pan from the heat and keep to one side.
Steam or cook the asparagus and peas in minimal boiling water for 1 minute.
Refresh with ice-cold water.

To poach the eggs, bring a medium pot of water to a rolling boil and add the vinegar.
Use a spoon to make a whirlpool in the pot and carefully crack an egg in the centre.
Leave to poach for about 1 minute.

Remove with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl of cold water.
Repeat with the remaining eggs.
When ready to use the eggs, transfer into a bowl of hot water to heat up.

Add the asparagus, peas and penne to the pan of bacon and toss until well combined.
Mix the Parmesan-infused olive oil and lemon juice through the pasta and season with salt and pepper.

Serve in bowls, sprinkle with Parmesan shavings and top with poached eggs.

Variation
Replace the bacon with smoked salmon.

Reprinted with permission of Bits of Carey.
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This recipe appeared in an issue of Crush magazine.



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