Gemelli with Zucchini, Tomatoes, and Bacon
A delicious pasta dish combining gemelli with crispy bacon, fresh zucchini, tomatoes, and creamy goat cheese in a white wine sauce. Perfect for a satisfying weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
- •12 slices bacon
- •1 large red onion
- •1½ cups dry white wine
- •12 ounces gemelli or rotini
- •3 whole zucchini
- •3 large plum tomatoes
- •⅓ cup fresh oregano
- •1 cup goat cheese
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Cook bacon in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until brown and crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons drippings from skillet. Add onion and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Add wine; boil until reduced by 1/3, about 3 minutes.
10 min
- 2.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until slightly underdone. Add zucchini and boil until pasta is tender but still firm to bite and zucchini is crisp-tender, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes longer. Drain.
12 min
- 3.
Add pasta, zucchini, bacon, tomatoes, and oregano to onion in skillet. Toss over medium-high heat until sauce coats pasta, about 3 minutes. Add cheese and toss until beginning to melt, about 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.
5 min
