A bowl bacon, tomato and camembert pasta

Bacon and Tomato Pasta with Camembert Recipe

30 Minutes
Serves: 2

A simple easy to make camembert pasta, with al dente penne mixed with crispy bacon, and served in a tomato, gooey camembert and emmenthal sauce, flavoured with basil, garlic and chilli flakes. An ideal quick cook dinner

Recipe Ingreds

Pasta

  • 120 grams bacon (smoked)
  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 50 grams camembert cheese
  • 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
  • 60 ml double cream
  • 40 grams emmenthal cheese
  • 4 sprig fresh basil
  • 1 cloves garlic
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 25 grams parmesan or pecorino cheese
  • 200 grams penne pasta
  • salt (to taste)
  • 5 grams caster sugar
  • 1 tin tinned tomatoes small

Bread

  • 1 stick garlic bread

Recipe with pictures Steps

Step 1

  • half fill a pan with water and boil
  • add a spot of olive oil and a pinch of salt to the boiling water
  • add the penne to the boiling water and simmer until tender but with a slight bite

Step 2

  • set the oven to 200C 400F or gas mark 6
  • put the bread on the baking tray and place in the oven follow the instructions on packaging

Step 3

  • heat the olive oil in the frying pan
  • chop the bacon into pieces
  • add the bacon to the pan
  • cook till crisp and golden brown

Step 4

  • peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely add to the bacon
  • cook for a minute or two
  • Add the chilli flakes, and tomatoes to the bacon
  • cook till sauce thickens to a jam like consistency
  • taste and add sugar if necessary

Step 5

  • cut the camembert into small cubes
  • grate the emmenthal
  • add the cheeses and cream to the tomato and bacon mixture

Step 6

  • drain the pasta and add to the sauce
  • if sauce is to tight add some of the reserved cooking water from the pasta
  • taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary
  • wash and tear the basil leaves
  • add the basil to the sauce saving a little to sprinkle on the top

Step 7

  • remove the garlic bread from the oven

Step 8

  • share the tomato and bacon pasta equally between the serving bowls
  • serve with garlic bread, grated parmesan and a sprinkle of basil

Recipe Utensils

  • 1 baking tray
  • 1 chopping board
  • 1 frying pan
  • 1 Garlic crusher
  • 1 grater
  • 1 large knife
  • 1 large pan
  • 1 sieve
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About our easy camembert pasta

This is one of our favourite camembert recipes, the combination of the tomatoes and camembert with the bacon and pasta makes the most delicious quick-cook dinner. This dish has a tartness from the tomatoes, and a crispy saltiness from the bacon, both of these cut through the rich gooey cheese. Perfect for all the family and ideal for a weeknight dinner as it is so easy to make  

How to make bacon, tomato and camembert pasta

Begin by cooking the pasta until al dente, then prepare garlic bread in the oven. In a separate pan, crisp bacon and infuse it with garlic, chili flakes, and tomatoes until if form a rich, jam-like consistency. To this savoury mix, add creamy camembert, and add the grated emmental, and a dash of cream.  When the pasta is cooked, toss the penne in the sauce, ensuring it's well-coated and seasoned. Finish by dividing it between the serving bowls, then garnishing with torn basil leaves and serving alongside warm bread, grated parmesan, and a final sprinkle of fresh basil. This dish promises a delightful balance of flavours and textures, and perfect for any cheese lover

Top tips

  • If you are swapping for different cheeses Choose strongly flavoured ones to balance the other ingredients
  • Sometimes tinned tomatoes can be a little tart if they are, add a tiny bit of sugar to the sauce

When to make tomato, bacon and camembert pasta

This recipe is perfect any time of year, a tasty but simple after-work dinner for those lazy days when you are just too tired to cook.

This bacon tomato pasta is ideal for adults and children, it is quick to cook and perfect for a work night dinner on those extra busy days. It is a great dish for cheese lovers, and it is a delicious comfort food recipe.

If you are cooking the dish for a special occasion, pick a different pasta possibly one of the oversize shells or penne, and for that extra special touch serve with a selection of delicious continental bread.

This recipe has a tartness from the tomatoes, and a crispy saltiness from the bacon, both of these cut through the rich creaminess of the cheese

Serve this delicious cheesy pasta with grated parmesan and garlic bread in the winter and a light green salad in the summer, with a balsamic dressing or a cider vinegar-based dressing.

Feel free to add extra items to the dish, such as diced cooked chicken or alternate the cheese with whatever cheese you have in the fridge, the dish is better suited to strongly flavoured cheeses and can be the ideal recipe to use up leftover cheese board cheeses.

What makes our cheesy penne the best?

The combination of two kinds of cheese, bacon and tomato makes this absolutely delicious. The star of this meal is the mixture of the sharpness of the tomatoes which cut through the richness of the Emmenthal and camembert. We are great fans of different pastas such as spinach and whole-wheat but this recipe needs a traditional one


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