Yolanda’s Brown Easy Pasta with Peas, Crispy Bacon and Flaky Salmon

Yolanda’s Brown Easy Pasta with Peas, Crispy Bacon and Flaky Salmon

Serves 2-3

 
Ingredients:

• Oil
• 1 Onion, diced
• 1 Garlic Clove, crushed
• A handful of Flat Leaf Parsley, snipped
• 5 Streaky Bacon Rashers* (or Pancetta) sliced
• 220g of Conchiglie* or Fusilli pasta
• 100g of Green Peas (frozen is fine)
• 1 container of Thick Cream (Crème Fraîche)
• 40g of Parmesan Cheese
• 40g of Halloumi Cheese, grated
• 200g of Skinless Salmon
• Cajun Seasoning
• All Italian dried Herb Seasoning
• Salt and Pepper

Method:

• Set a pot filled with water to boil for the pasta and season it with salt.
• Season Salmon with Salt, Cajun Seasoning and pepper and cook under the grill for 15 minutes.
• Warm a frying pan on a medium-high setting with a drizzle of oil.
• Toss in the bacon / pancetta, letting it sizzle until golden, then lift it out onto a paper towel.
• Lower the flame to medium, toss in the diced onions, stirring until translucent. Mix in the garlic for an extra minute. Set aside.
• Boil the pasta for 11 minutes.
• Toss in the peas, bring back to the boil.
• Strain the water, reserving a cupful for later.
• As the pasta bubbles away, return then onion to the frying pan, and add the Bacon / Pancetta, mix in the thick cream, season with salt, and sprinkle black pepper. Flake in the salmon.
  Stir until combined.
• Stir the pasta and peas into the creamy mixture.
• Grate half of the Parmesan Cheese into the frying pan, stirring well. If the mixture seems too thick, add in some of the reserved pasta water.
• Spoon the pasta into dishes, garnish with parsley snippets, and top with a generous sprinkle of halloumi… Serve and enjoy!