Description
Farfalle pasta, mixed with a creamy and savory sauce, is topped with a riced broccoli crumble and baked as a casserole for a quick, easy, and delicious dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
- 7 slices bacon
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 cup shredded Gouda cheese
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- ½ cup riced broccoli
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a casserole dish.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bow-tie pasta at a boil
- stirring occasionally
- until tender yet firm to the bite
- about 12 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
- turning occasionally
- until evenly browned
- about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels
- reserving bacon grease in the skillet. Let bacon cool enough to handle
- about 5 minutes; crumble and set aside. Drain cooked pasta and set aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoons bacon grease in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic in the hot grease for 2 to 3 minutes. Add crumbled bacon
- heavy cream
- and 1 tablespoon butter; continue cooking until sauce becomes thick and creamy
- 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in gouda cheese and stir until melted. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and mix pasta into the cream sauce. Pour mixture into the prepared casserole dish.
- Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a medium
- microwave-safe bowl in a microwave for 20 seconds. Mix in panko bread crumbs and riced broccoli; stir very well to coat in butter. Spread mixture on top of pasta.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven.
- Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler.
- Continue to bake in the preheated oven until crumble is browned
- about 5 minutes more.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 55 mins
Servings: 6