
A delicious and super-easy pasta dish.
160 g | penne rigate | 2 cups | |
22 | mini-tomatoes (cherry, miniature or grape) | 1 1/2 cup | |
1 tbsp | olive oil | 15 mL | |
2 slices | bacon, chopped | 40 g | |
1/2 bunch | arugula | 80 g | |
50 g | feta cheese, crumbled | ||
1 pinch | salt [optional] | 0.2 g | |
ground pepper to taste [optional] | |||
2 tsp | Parmesan cheese [optional] | 2 g |
Keep the serving plates warm on the stove while you're preparing the dish.
Put a colander in the sink to drain the cooked pasta so that it will be ready when needed.
per 1 serving (310 g)
Amount % Daily Value |
Calories 440 |
Fat 14 g 22 % |
Saturated
5.5 g
27 % |
Cholesterol 30 mg |
Sodium 610 mg 26 % |
Carbohydrate 61 g 20 % |
Fibre 4 g 17 % |
Sugars 4 g |
Net Carbs 57 g |
Protein 16 g |
Vitamin A 29 % |
Vitamin C 16 % |
Calcium 15 % |
Iron 12 % |
Food Group | Exchanges |
---|---|
Starches | 3 ½ |
Vegetables | ½ |
Meat and Alternatives | ½ |
Fats | 2 ½ |
I was sceptical about lettus in pasta but it was very good, every one liked it, even our todler. It was also a good recipe to throw some extra veggies into.
I don't know why this recipe is included in the Arthritis menu. Bacon is highly inflammatory. I won't be making it for this reason
Most Italian chefs save pasta water to use in a pasta dish if it is too dry...I always save at least 1/2 cup to add if necessary...always the perfect solution to a dry pasta sauce.
I too did read the French comments before making the recipe, but deiced to follow the instructions as they are. It is not dry at all: it is typical Italian, i.e. you taste the ingredients as they are. Obviously, you can always add cream and other stuff, but it is not necessary . Besides, you are going to change the nutritional values for worse.
One of the complaints of this dish in the French section was that it was too dry. Some suggested adding cream. I didn't use cream but added about 1/2 cup of chicken broth instead, which helped a lot. I used spinach instead of arugula and almost double the amount of Feta cheese. (about 200g instead of 130) Next time I'm going to add a little more bacon because there wasn't enough. Overall it was good but I only gave it 3 stars because it needed a lot of doctoring. I'll certainly make it again.
I made this with a spicy Pancetta instead of bacon for a little extra flavour!
Turned out great! Though I added a few too many noodles, it had some great flavour, was very tasty and made great left overs. I added sweet tomatoes along with grape tomatoes and it added some nice flavour.
Most Italian chefs save pasta water to use in a pasta dish if it is too dry...I always save at least 1/2 cup to add if necessary...always the perfect solution to a dry pasta sauce.