Farfalle with Bacon & Sausage

Farfalle is just a fancy aka Italian name for butterfly or bow tie pasta. I love the shape of this pasta and it gives the whole dish a character

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Farfalle Pasta
• 3 strips of Bacon
• 4 Chicken Sausages, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• 3-4 Tbsp sliced green olives
• 2tsp oil

For the white sauce

• White Sauce Recipe here.
• 1/4 cup cheese (Add more as per to how cheesy you want)
• Italian seasoning: Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary, Basil - 1/4 tsp each

Preparation

For the Pasta

• Cook the Farfalle pasta to al dente.
• In the mean time, cut the bacon into small bits. Add 1 tsp oil into a non stick pan, add the bacon and fry them till they are crispy. Remove and keep aside.
• In the same pan, cook the chopped sausage using the fat released from bacon.Once they are cooked put them in a bowl
• Add 1tsp of oil, fry the chopped garlic till the raw smell goes. Add the onions and cook they turn golden brown.

For the White sauce

• Please follow the recipe given here.
• To the sauce add the Italian seasoning and cheese.

To Serve:

• Place the pasta in a bowl
• Add the onion, bacon,sausages and olives into the bowl. Toss them all around like a salad.
• Pour the white sauce and mix it well with pasta.

Serve it with garlic bread or have it on its own.