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Country-style spring pasta

Pasta, cooked on the side, to which beans are added, and a cream sauce with bacon and sage.

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Last modified on: July 7^th 2024

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 ml broad beans
2 150 ml belly (streaky) bacon
3 1 shallot
4 4 leaves sage
5 200 ml cream
6 400 ml pasta
7 salt
8 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
38 min.	26 min.	1 hour 4 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Prepare 500 ml broad beans, then set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut 150 ml belly (streaky) bacon into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

In a small frying pan over medium heat, pour in the fat-free lardons and toast, stirring occasionally.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Meanwhile, prepare and slice 1 shallot.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

When the lardons are toasted to your liking, add the minced shallot and 4 leaves sage, season with salt and pepper, then cook for another minute or 2, stirring constantly.

Stage 6 - 10 min.

Add 200 ml cream, season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil.

Then lower the heat and allow to thicken gently.

Check seasoning.

Stage 7 - 7 min.

Meanwhile, cook 400 ml pasta, then drain.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Return the pasta to the pan, add the beans and pour over the creamy bacon sauce.

Return to the heat for 1 or 2 minutes, stirring well.

Stage 9

Your pasta is ready.

Remarks

If you don't have sage, replace it with a bay leaf or a few sprigs of thyme.

If you prefer, you can remove the sage in step 8.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,154 Kcal or 13,205 Kj	100 gr	351 gr	150 gr
158 %	38 %	33 %	23 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
247 Kcal or 1,034 Kj	8 gr	28 gr	12 gr
12 %	3 %	3 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
789 Kcal or 3,303 Kj	25 gr	88 gr	38 gr
39 %	10 %	8 %	6 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.94 €
Per person : 0.99 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Broad beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to prepare broad beans, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone , Vegetable pie, Summer Salmon Blanquette, ... All
	Pasta: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pasta with green asparagus, Ham pasta bake, Spaghetti with mushrooms, Sunday night pasta, Penne with Mushrooms, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green beans with tomato cream sauce, Spaghetti Carbonara, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Chocolate cream, ... All
	Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sausagemeat, Pâté de campagne, Hamburgers, Confit of carrots with bacon, Avengers' potatoes, ... All

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