Bachelor Pasta Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S BLT PASTA

Steps:

• Pour olive oil into a heavy skillet over medium heat, add bacon, and cook until almost crisp, 5 to 8 minutes. Turn off heat. Hold a paper towel with tongs and mop up excess bacon grease with the paper towel, leave about 2 teaspoons bacon grease in the skillet.
• Stir minced garlic and lemon zest into bacon in the skillet and let cook in residual heat until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir creme fraiche into bacon mixture.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and stir in 2 cups of ditalini. Cook till tender, about 8 minutes. Drain and add pasta to the skillet. Stir pasta thoroughly into bacon and creme fraiche mixture.
• Return skillet to medium heat. Add tomatoes; cook and stir until slightly softened, about 1 minute. Mix in arugula, stirring until wilted, about 30 seconds, and turn off heat.
• Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Stir again and garnish with Parmesan cheese.

BACHELOR PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a sausepan until it is just starting to smoke.
• In a heavy metal strainer over a heavy metal bowl, put spaghetti noodles.
• Top with the onion, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, basil, and garlic.
• Pour the hot oil over the veggies and pasta slowly, being sure to pour oil directly on all veggies.
• (Be careful! Oil may pop!) Toss veggies and pasta, lift strainer to get rid of excess oil.
• Divide pasta and veggies between two plates, top with sausage and shredded cheese.

SMELLY BACHELOR PASTA

Steps:

• While cooking the spaghetti, saute' the pressed garlic, anchovies and red pepper flakes in half the olive oil until the anchovies melt.
• Toss the spaghetti with the sauce, adding the remaining oil, ground pepper and grated parmigiano.
• It's a bit much for one person, but hey, if you're making this dish, that means no one's around to see you take that second portion!

BACHELOR'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef, mushrooms, onion and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, water, soy sauce and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until heated through. Discard bay leaves. Serve over spaghetti.