Spinach and Bacon Sauce on Pasta

I needed a quick fix during the work from home. Not much time to cook.  

Fresh baby spinach is a good veggie for a pasta dish. Not a lot of preptime. Just sort out the leaves that are bruised and wash the rest. Bacon is a great partner for that dish. It is smokey and salty and gives the amount of Umami you will seek in a quick fix.

Just add onion and garlic and a bit of stock and cream cheese. 

The longest cooking time had the pasta. A local bakery makes Swabian hand scraped Spaetzle. They needed 18 minutes to cook. But no worry. The sauce always waits for the pasta. Not the other way round.

recipe for 2:

300 g baby spinach leaves, 1 red onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 red chili

1 tsp rapeseed oil, 125 g smoked bacon bits

50 ml veg stock, 3 tbsp cream cheese

nutmeg, paprika, salt and pepper 

No need to chop the spinach leaves, just use them as they are.

In oil fry off the bacon. When it starts to get crispy, add the onions, chili and garlic and give them 3 min. Now let the spinach wilt in the pot. Add veg stock and a good amount of nutmeg.

Now in with the cream cheese and check the seasoning. I only had to add a tiny bit of salt and lots of pepper.  Let it simmer on low heat until the pasta is ready to drain.

Toss through the sauce and serve.