{"id":996,"date":"2011-01-03T12:42:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T12:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/?p=996"},"modified":"2022-11-21T09:58:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:58:45","slug":"occasional-recipes-spicy-bacon-and-pepper-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/occasional-recipes-spicy-bacon-and-pepper-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Occasional recipes: Spicy bacon and pepper pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_195117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_195117-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_195117-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_195117-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_195117.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>This comes to you courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/food\/recipes\/spicytomatoandpepper_84523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ready Steady Cook<\/a>\u00a0and is what we had on Christmas Eve. The original plan was to have a suitably Scandinavian ham-based Yule feast, until we saw the price of ham. Bacon is equally pig-derived and a lot cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>The original recipe is for 1, so scale up according to the number of diners. Lifted verbatim from the BBC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 tbsp olive oil<\/li>\n<li>3 rashers streaky bacon, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 red pepper, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc leek, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, chopped<\/li>\n<li>pinch chilli flakes<\/li>\n<li>salt and freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>150g fresh pasta, cooked according to packet instructions (We went for tagliatelle.)<\/li>\n<li>handful basil, chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Fry the bacon in the oil. (Opinion varies in our household over this, one member maintaining that when you fry bacon its own fat is all the oil you need. The other, i.e. me and the one doing the cooking, maintains that a bit of olive oil will liven anything. So anyway.)<\/div>\n<div>Add everything else and cook for a few minutes, then stir in the cooked pasta and basil and serve. Simple! The red pepper makes the whole thing exactly moist enough, and the colours &#8211; red pepper, green basil, white pasta &#8211; make the whole thing look good and Christmassy. This was an unintended effect but still a good one.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4800 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190306-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190306-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190306-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190306-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190306.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185417.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4799 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185417-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185417-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185417-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185417-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185417.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4798 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185151-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185151-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185151-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185151-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_185151.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4801 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190910-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190910-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190910-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190910-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190910-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_190910.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_194651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4796 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_194651-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_194651-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_194651-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_194651.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_191143.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4795 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_191143-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_191143-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_191143-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20221118_191143.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comes to you courtesy of\u00a0Ready Steady Cook\u00a0and is what we had on Christmas Eve. The original plan was to have a suitably Scandinavian ham-based Yule feast, until we saw the price of ham. Bacon is equally pig-derived and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/occasional-recipes-spicy-bacon-and-pepper-pasta\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[403,94],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bens-life","tag-food","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4803,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/4803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}