00:00:02I’ve got a beautiful pasta of crispy
00:00:04bacon peas mint and Parmesan all my
00:00:06mates absolutely love you can make it
00:00:08for about seven quid and it will feed
00:00:10about four to six people so it’s
00:00:12absolutely fantastic great served with a
00:00:15big bowl of salad stack of plates
00:00:16they’ll be a bread beautiful so we need
00:00:20a small bunch of mint ten slices of
00:00:23smoked bacon one lemon a couple of
00:00:27tablespoons of crème fraiche a little
00:00:30knob of butter now I’m using tiny little
00:00:33shell pack so that you can get in
00:00:35supermarkets but you can use spaghetti
00:00:36you can use or a cutie you can use the
00:00:38little bows anything you like there’s no
00:00:40rules there and a nice big bag about 300
00:00:44grams of beautiful Petit Pois frozen
00:00:46peas and parmesan you could use cheddar
00:00:49if you’re not into it but parmesan about
00:00:51130 grams happy days right that’s all
00:00:53the ingredients that we need so first
00:00:55things first let’s get the bacon you
00:00:58need ten slices here get them on your
00:01:01board
00:01:01I want to slice these up into little
00:01:04thin strips sharp knife smoky bacon will
00:01:09give you incredible flavor and work
00:01:12really really well with the peas now the
00:01:14trick is when you’re doing this is you
00:01:16want to get the bacon frying first so a
00:01:19tiny tiny bit of olive oil in a pan just
00:01:22to get things going 1 tablespoon and
00:01:24then in with the bacon what I do is fry
00:01:32off this bacon this will take about four
00:01:34minutes okay I’m just gonna slice up the
00:01:38mint I’m not even going to bother
00:01:40picking it okay so I’ve got these little
00:01:44pastures I’m using these little ones
00:01:46these are normally for soups yeah you
00:01:48can get them in all the supermarket’s
00:01:49basically I did this dish for my kids I
00:01:52was trying to find a way getting my kids
00:01:53to eat loads of peas and then when I
00:01:55get online actually this is really nice
00:01:57so we’ve got a pan of boiling water you
00:02:00need a good pinch of salt in there
00:02:02you’re not going to eat that so but it
00:02:04will stop your pasta from being dead
00:02:06bland you want about 4 to 500 grams of
00:02:09pasta give or take and that will serve
00:02:12about four to six people give you a pass
00:02:15through a stir I’m just going to pop
00:02:18that lid on just to get it back to the
00:02:20boil okay so the pastas cooking the
00:02:22bacon is getting crispy now it’s really
00:02:25important to have a nice big pan and to
00:02:27get this bacon crispy we don’t want it
00:02:28to be pale we don’t want it to be wobbly
00:02:30we want to really get the extra flavor
00:02:32from it being golden and crisp if you
00:02:34look in the pan now you can see this
00:02:36bacon just starting to turn the lovely
00:02:38thing about pan frying is you can see
00:02:39what’s happening if you think things are
00:02:41running away of you take the pan off or
00:02:43turn the heat down now the pastures come
00:02:46up to the boil again so I want to get
00:02:48rid of that lid okay you can see we’ve
00:02:50got this color happening here this is
00:02:52good news this is when we want to start
00:02:53adding the peas only let about three
00:02:56under grams of peas like that now this
00:03:01is a good time you know you can see I’m
00:03:03not racing around the place to grate
00:03:05some cheese so about 130 grams of cheese
00:03:09you can use cheddar cheese if you want
00:03:11it’s not very Italian but I mean you
00:03:12know let’s not be precious so I’m just
00:03:14going to grate this like that think
00:03:18about parmesan is you don’t really need
00:03:20to use that much per person to give you
00:03:22that sensation really good flavor okay
00:03:26all we’ve done here is way to get that
00:03:28color on the bacon okay that’ll give you
00:03:31wicked flavor we’re now sort of
00:03:33reheating the frozen peas nothing wrong
00:03:35with frozen peas okay unless you’re
00:03:37going to pick peas from your garden
00:03:38right I wouldn’t waste the time buying
00:03:41fresh Peas just use frozen they’re
00:03:43fantastic really nutritious this pasta
00:03:45because it’s so small it cooks so
00:03:48quickly okay now second important bit
00:03:53when you’re draining your pasta save
00:03:56some of that water right because that
00:03:58water is really important everyone that
00:04:00I’ve met basically drains the pasta
00:04:04until it’s bone-dry and that is why
00:04:07British people
00:04:08cook past there okay so let me show you
00:04:10what’s going to happen come straight
00:04:12over put your pastor in your pan also
00:04:17this is why we want a big pan so you can
00:04:19manage all of that stuff we’re going to
00:04:21go straight in with just two tablespoons
00:04:24of crème fraiche you could use single
00:04:27cream just to give it that creaminess
00:04:29and then we’re going to use some lemon
00:04:32juice now if you’ve got a fine grater
00:04:34you could use a little bit of lemon zest
00:04:36because there’s great flavor from the
00:04:38zest right and there’s no point in
00:04:41wasting it but most importantly use the
00:04:44juice so I’m just gonna cut that in half
00:04:47and when you squeeze it just squeeze it
00:04:50between your fingers and catch those
00:04:52pips just like that now the rest of this
00:04:57dish is going to come together and
00:04:58literally two minutes and you know not
00:05:01that there’s a rush but you know you
00:05:02need a sense of urgency you can’t just
00:05:04sit there sort of poking it around okay
00:05:06so now we’re going to go in with our
00:05:08parmesan and our mint straight in using
00:05:14a spoon just move it all around if
00:05:16you’ve got a bigger bowl or bigger pan
00:05:18it makes this so much easier if you’re
00:05:20making this in a poxy little pan you’re
00:05:23gonna get in trouble so one of the best
00:05:24investments for your kitchen is a large
00:05:26pan now pasta is basically a sponge okay
00:05:32so if it’s perfect now it will not be in
00:05:34two minutes when you’re eating it so
00:05:36what you’ve got to do is get some of
00:05:38this cooking water right and this is
00:05:40basically starchy cooking water and you
00:05:43want to put some of that in there just
00:05:45like a ladle
00:05:45okay good pasta you want to be silky and
00:05:48smooth and delicious to eat not classy
00:05:50and thick okay so just by putting that
00:05:52little bit of water in there allows it
00:05:57to be absolutely beautiful and what
00:05:59you’re looking for is that little moment
00:06:01in the pan can you see that you got that
00:06:03cream so quite thick sort of cream there
00:06:06and that’s what’s going to surround the
00:06:07pasta and that’s going to be delicious
00:06:09so this is on a low heat now I’m really
00:06:13happy with this another tip right
00:06:16get yourself a big platter go anywhere
00:06:18and get it you don’t have to spend loads
00:06:20of money but having a big platter makes
00:06:23everything you do look a lot better what
00:06:25I will do is just put a small knob of
00:06:26butter in now once you got that see that
00:06:31silkiness that’s that’s what we’re
00:06:32looking for see that shine I will turn
00:06:35the heat off now it’s gonna ruin it
00:06:36that little sticking shining sauce is
00:06:39gonna be absolutely beautiful okay
00:06:42so get yourself a nice big platter
00:06:43platters a real good cheat because
00:06:45basically when you put your food in
00:06:47there it looks fantastic and there you
00:06:49go
00:06:49you’ve got a nice 10 15 minute pasta
00:06:53right absolutely delicious so there you
00:06:58go beautiful creamy pasta of peas and
00:07:00smoky bacon is a winner serve it with a
00:07:02salad enjoy it and don’t forget once
00:07:05you’ve mastered it in your own home and
00:07:07got it right and good pass it on to your
00:07:09friends don’t leave it with you
00:07:11pass it on and if you’re doing it in the
00:07:13work place get your colleagues around
00:07:15you and do the best job possible good
00:07:17luck
00:07:26you
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