Saturday 1 February 2014

CARAMELIZED ONION & BACON SPAGHETTI

Ingredients:
1) 100g of spaghetti
2) 1 large onion, sliced thinly
3) 100g of smoked bacon, cut into small pieces
4) 1 tablespoons of roughly chopped fresh chives
5) Salt & pepper to taste
6) 2 – 3 tablespoons of olive oil
Steps:
1) Begin by cutting the smoked bacon in small pieces and sauteing the bacon in a pan, pushing it around with a wooden spoon every minute or so to prevent it from burning
2) Once bacon has achieved a nice reddish brown color, remove from pan in a slotted spoon, leaving behind the bacon oil
3) Saute sliced onion in bacon oil over medium heat until it turn a beautiful golden brown and starts to smell alluringly sweet (this is what caramelized onions smell like). Be careful not to let the onions burn but flipping them over once in a while.
4) While onions are cooking, cook spaghetti in a large pot of generously salted water according to packet instructions until al dente
5) Once spaghetti is cooked (you can tell by throwing a strand against the kitchen tile and it sticks), drain the water and drizzle a glug of olive oil over the cooked pasta to prevent the strands from sticking together
6) Return bacon to the pan once onions have been caramelized, and add cooked spaghetti
7) Mix the ingredients well until homogeneously spread out and add salt and pepper to taste
8) Serve pasta warm, garnished with chopped fresh chives

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