Winter pasta with romaine lettuce in spicy cheese sauce

AUTHOR
Kate Willis
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3.3 3
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 250 g Mushrooms
  • 1 Mini Romaine lettuce
  • 4 Stem(s) flat leaf parsley
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 80 g spicy blue cheese
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Hazelnut kernels
  • 150 g Bacon
  • 400 g small pasta shells
  • 150 g Fresh cream

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean the mushrooms, possibly wash and halve them. Clean, wash, spin dry and cut the salad into large pieces. Wash parsley, shake dry, chop leaves finely.

  2. 2

    Bring 3-4 l salted water (approx. 1 teaspoon salt per litre) to the boil. In the meantime dice the cheese. Coarsely chop nuts and roast them in a pan without fat, take them out. Fry the bacon in the pan at low heat until crispy.

  3. 3

    Drain on kitchen paper. Then break into pieces.

  4. 4

    Add the noodles to the boiling water and cook according to the instructions on the packet. Sauté the mushrooms in the hot bacon fat over a high heat. Season with salt and pepper. Deglaze with 200 ml pasta water, bring to the boil.

  5. 5

    Stir in crème fraiche and parsley. Melt the cheese in the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  6. 6

    Drain the pasta and put it back into the pot. Add the sauce and mix with the noodles. Fold in the salad and serve. Sprinkle with nuts and bacon.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
690 kcal
CARBS
72 g
FATS
30 g
PROTEINS
25 g