Spinach and bacon in tomato pasta sauce

Spinach & bacon in tomato sauce

Tomato pastasauce with spinach and bacon
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Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8
Calories 509 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 sauté pan
  • 1 Sauce pan 3 liter
  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 sharp knife

Ingredients
  

  • 800 gram fresh spinach
  • 780 gram Prepared tomato sauce  Heinz tomato frito if you can find it
  • 250 milliliter water boiling
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 300 gram bacon cubes
  • 3 red onion
  • 280 gram tomato puree
  • 60 gram pine nuts
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • 45 gram Parmezan cheese
  • 10 gram dairy butter
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ vegetable stock cube for 500 ml stock
  • 1 tablespoon Worcester sauce
  • 2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 teaspoon smoked paprika powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Gather all ingredients.
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  • Chop the 3 red onion finely. Dry your tears and proceed to the next step
    3 red onion
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  • Heat 10 gram dairy butter in the sauté pan; once the butter is melted, reduce the heat. Now, add the chopped onions. Cook the onions over medium-high heat until they start to turn lightly brown, approximately 5 minutes
    10 gram dairy butter
  • Meanwhile, chop the 2 cloves garlic finely. Add the garlic to the sauté pan and cook it for about 1 minute.
    2 cloves garlic
  • Cook the 300 gram bacon cubes in the sauté pan for about 5 minutes until they begin to turn crispy.
    300 gram bacon cubes
  • Cut the 4 tomatoes in half, remove the cores, and slice them into wedges. Cut the wedges into small pieces of approximately 1 cm.
    4 tomatoes
  • Cook the tomato cubes for about 2 minutes. Add the contents of the sauté pan to the saucepan.
  • Meanwhile, chop the leaves from 2 sprigs rosemary finely.
    2 sprigs rosemary
  • Cook the 800 gram fresh spinach in the same sauté pan in batches of 200 grams at a time, as more won't fit in the pan at once. Cook the spinach briefly until it wilts and starts to turn dark green. Add each cooked portion to the saucepan.
    800 gram fresh spinach
  • Add the 780 gram Prepared tomato sauce  and 280 gram tomato pureeto the saucepan.
  • Dissolve ½ vegetable stock cube in 250 milliliter water and add it to the saucepan.
    ½ vegetable stock cube, 250 milliliter water
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  • Toast the 60 gram pine nuts until they are nicely browned on both sides. Add the roasted pine nuts to the saucepan. Reserve about a handful of pine nuts for garnishing over the plates.
    60 gram pine nuts
  • Season the sauce by adding the chopped 2 sprigs rosemary, 2 teaspoon pepper, 2 teaspoon smoked paprika powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 tablespoon Worcester sauce. Stir the sauce thoroughly.
    1 tablespoon Worcester sauce, 2 teaspoon pepper, 2 teaspoon smoked paprika powder, 1 teaspoon salt
  • Grate 45 gram Parmezan cheese, and sprinkle a full hand of cheese on each plate
    45 gram Parmezan cheese
  • As we say in Dutch: eet smakelijk!

Did you taste it?

  • The sauce has a sweet taste from the tomatoes and a salty flavor from the bacon cubes. If you want to add some more heat to the sauce, you can carefully add ½ teaspoon of chili powder.

Nutrition

Calories: 509kcalCarbohydrates: 30.2gProtein: 23.4gFat: 31.1gSaturated Fat: 10.67gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 2533mgPotassium: 1609mgFiber: 9.92gSugar: 22.4g
Keyword bacon, sauce, spinach
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