Bucatini Pasta Recipe with Lemon Garlic Sauce
a perfect date night dinner
Ingredients
- ½ lb dry bucatini pasta or 1 lb if you want leftovers
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3-4 TB butter
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ lemon squeezed
- ½ cup dry white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc
- 6 pieces of bacon cooked
- Parmesan freshly grated
- Red pepper flakes
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Pasta
- Fill a large pot with water, and place on the stove on high heat. Add salt to the water, and be generous, 1-2 TB.
- When water is at a rolling boil, add pasta. Put timer on for 10 minutes.
- At ten minutes taste a piece of pasta to see if it is fully cooked. It may need 1 or 2 more minutes.
- Drain pasta in a colander. Assemble with sauce and top with red pepper flakes and black pepper (and salt if needed). Sprinkle parmesan on top.
Sauce
- Set oven to 400F.
- Place bacon on a baking sheet and place in the oven for 15 minutes or until cooked.
- In the meantime, place garlic and 2 TB butter in a small skillet on medium/high heat. Cook until garlic is browned. Add olive oil and lemon and stir. In 1-2 minutes, add dry wine. Let the wine cook out. Add 1-2 more TB of butter. Stir in the bacon at the end.
- Serve hot.