Bacon and White Wine Pasta
        
    
    Updated: 25 Apr 2015
    
        
Ingredients
- 70g pancetta
 
- Olive oil
 
- 1 garlic clove
 
- 1 red onion
 
- Pinch of chilli flakes
 
- 50ml dry white wine
 
- 400g carton chopped plum tomatoes
 
- ½ pack cherry tomatoes
 
- Salt and pepper
 
- 200g spaghetti
 
- Basil
 
- Parmesan
 
Method
- Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil ready for the pasta. Heat a frying pan and dry fry the pancetta.
 
- Chop the red onion and garlic, add to the pan with the chilli flakes. Fry for a few minutes.
 
- Add the wine and cook until it has been reduced by half. Halve the cherry tomatoes.
 
- Put the pasta on to boil.
 
- Add the chopped tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, and season well. Bring to the boil and simmer while the pasta cooks.
 
- Add a ladleful of the pasta water to thin the sauce. Drain the pasta, and return to the pan. Add the sauce and serve with basil leaves and freshly grated parmesan.