Comments on: Bacon and Tomato pasta

By: Van Santos

Van Santos — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:28:06 +0000

I take it back – this could easily be a meal. I had this as leftovers and hits the spot as is!

I guess it is all about the mood.

By: Van Santos

Van Santos — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:34:24 +0000

@Renni – I think the chicken or shrimp would be a great add.

@Tina – YAY! I’m glad you enjoyed the dish, I cannot wait for the post.

@WC – As I had leftovers I’ll be eating this for dinner tomorrow. And trust me, this discussion has triggered many thoughts on how to build on this creation.

By: Wandering Coyote

Wandering Coyote — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:10:28 +0000

Well, chuck a chicken breast in there and it would be a main course for sure! Still, it looks totally awesome, Van, and the flavours sound divine!

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:53:58 +0000

Actually, this was our main dish last night! We had a Christmas luncheon and ate ourselves silly. Then I remembered this post when I read it on Google reader.

It was wonderful. I’ll post it soon.

By: Reeni

Reeni — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:38:54 +0000

I can see why you would say this is not a main dish – but I could eat it as one and be very satisfied – whereas the next person may want more protein. I love pasta dishes like this! And I was thinking shrimp too, or even some hunks of chicken.

By: New dish: Bacon and Tomato Pasta

New dish: Bacon and Tomato Pasta — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:04:08 +0000

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By: Van Santos

Van Santos — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:00:39 +0000

@Bob – Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it! As the tomatoes started Sautéing there was more liquid that I expected; however, but the time you are done it thinks up greatly. And by the time you toss everything you are left with just a coating on the pasta.

I would suspect sun dried would work as well.

@Monicajane – I couldn’t even taste the Chili powder. Not being a red pepper flake fan I can understand where you are coming from on that! Cayenne would also get a great place to start.

Don’t put pressure on writing stuff up, just enjoy it!

@Eileen

Thank you!

Well, if one takes this as a side dish I think it would go well with either a steak (yes, I know there is bacon in it… but…) OR some type of fish dish. The question is I don’t know what type of fish yet.

The wife suggested adding shrimp into the dish, and my friend JT (on who used to write here) also suggested taking this towards a carbonara dish.

I could see how making a cream sauce would make this into a main course rather quickly.

By: Eileen Devlin

Eileen Devlin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:05:03 +0000

I agree, the dish looks amazing. If you consider it more of a side what would go well with it?

By: monicajane

monicajane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:01:57 +0000

sounds awesome, though I don’t like Chili powder…in Chili let alone imagining it in pasta…

if I were substituting I’d go with cayenne first…

otherwise YUM…I love relatively simple red sauces of this sort…

I used one of my packs of bacon today…will make an appearance on the blog eventually…I’m way behind in writing stuff up.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:45:42 +0000

Main dish or not it looks awesome. Hm, I wonder if you could sub out sun dried tomatoes for the romas. Do the romas add a lot of liquid?