I wasn’t excited by this recipe when I saw it in the magazine, but when Martha and Anna L. made it on tv, it got me interested. It doesn’t sound like anything special when you read the recipe – a tomato sauce and some bacon on pasta. I was surprised at how wonderful the flavor was.
I used rotini but that was the only substitution I made. The tomato sauce was quick to whip up, but I found I needed to get a fork in there and physically pull the tomatoes apart. I also had to add more tomato juice to it because it was too dry.
I really, really liked this dish! The bacon gave it a nice smoky flavor and the tomato and onion had a nice sweetness. It really tasted like something that had cooked for hours. Thumbs up on this one Martha!
I made this a few days ago and we all loved it. I make a similar recipe using pancetta and some red pepper flakes (pasta all’amatriciana) that I prefer, but this is a great weeknight recipe.
This really was surprisingly good for something so simple!
Bacon–it has to be good! I’ll have to try this one.
Anything with bacon has to be great and I like the addition of red-pepper flakes for some zing! Very nice!
I think this confirms my theory that everything tastes better with bacon. It would never have occurred to me to put bacon in pasta sauce.
Me either. Although carbonara has it but I don’t like the egg.