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Creamy pasta with bacon, peas, asparagus, and leeks tossed in a light alfredo sauce. You’ll love this Spring Vegetable and Bacon Alfredo Pasta! VIDEO BELOW.
I’m bringing you a big bowl of spring comfort food. A tangle of spaghetti covered in a light parmesan alfredo sauce, tossed with bacon and lots of beautiful spring vegetables. Let’s file this recipe under “What you’ll want to eat every week from now until the end of summer.”
How can you go wrong with bacon, peas, asparagus, leeks and pasta? You can’t! These ingredients complement each other perfectly, as though they were meant to be together. And the sauce? A lightened-up garlic parmesan alfredo sauce coats each and every bite. It’s pure heaven!
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Now it’s time to get cooking! This dish comes together in about 30 minutes. Serve this pasta family-style alongside glasses of Signature SELECT™ Italian Sparkling Mineral Water. This is sure to be a hearty and delicious meal that everyone will love.
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Spring Vegetable and Bacon Alfredo
Creamy pasta with bacon, peas, asparagus, and leeks tossed in a light alfredo sauce.
Ingredients
- 8 slices Signature Farms® Hickory Smoked Bacon chopped
- 2 small leeks halved and sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese plus more for serving
- 1 box Signature Kitchens® Spaghetti
- 2 cups chopped asparagus
- 2 cups frozen peas
- Signature SELECT Italian Sparkling Mineral Water for serving
Instructions
Begin boiling a large pot of water for the pasta. While you're waiting for the water to boil, continue with the rest of the recipe.
In a large saucepan or skillet, saute bacon until cooked through, stirring occasionally. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel lined plate to drain. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat in the pan. In the remaining fat, saute leeks until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove leeks from the pan. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and garlic cloves. Cook, stirring frequently for a couple minutes until the garlic begins to soften. Add flour and stir to combine. Whisk in milk and stock and bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally. Once the mixture starts simmering, it will thicken slightly. Add 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. Keep the mixture warm over low heat, whisking occasionally, while you prepare the pasta.
Add spaghetti and a generous pinch of salt to the pot of boiling water. About 3 minutes before the spaghetti is done add the asparagus and peas to the pasta pot. Cook until the vegetables are tender but still holding their bright green color. Drain the pasta, peas and asparagus.
Combine the pasta, peas, asparagus, leeks, bacon and sauce. Toss gently to combine. Add salt, pepper and parmesan cheese to taste. Serve immediately with Signature SELECT Italian Sparkling Mineral Water on the side.
Yum! Loving the asparagus in this. That looks like a perfect weeknight meal!
alfredo is a win in my house! Love all the spring veggies in this dish
This is exactly what I want to eat for the rest of the summer! I can practically taste it just by looking at your gorgeous photos!
I love all these flavours, they go so well together. This looks delicious and perfect for a quick midweek dinner.
Ah, this looks fantastic! I love all the spring veggies, but especially the leeks!
Yum, I love bacon and leek as a combination, but never tried adding asparagus. I guess cooking the different elements separately like that helps them keep their crispness?
Your pictures look amazing! Love veggies in pasta, above all asparagus… this is indeed a perfect summer treat!
What a beautiful dish! I can see why you would want it every week until the end of summer. I do, too. Here in Miami, it is summer almost year round. Lucky me!
I think you’re right, this looks like a magical combination! Perfect pasta goodness, pass that bowl over here!
I love the vegetables you have used in this recipe. Nice combination. I dont eat pork but would try this with turkey.
This certainly is a good combination of ingredients for this dish. About the bacon – I only use bacon that is nitrite-free, considering the health risks associated with consuming nitrites, a potential carcinogen. If you can’t find nitrite-free bacon, cooking the bacon on low-to-moderate heat makes it safer to eat.
This dish would be such a hit in my house! Pasta is a favorite of mine and this looks delicious.
I love to serve this with my kids. I will copy your recipe. thanks
This looks so tasty! I cannot wait to try this recipe out! Thanks for sharing, xo!
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you had me ad BACON! lol!!! no but srsly, this recipe is def something i want to try– the farmer’s market had a huge sale on asparagus so we need to use it before it goes bad! def pinning this!
Those veggies look great!
Holy Toledo! This looks incredible! I am seriously drooling.
Yum this looks amazing. I have got to try this out for dinner sometime soon!
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This looks like such a perfect dinner! What a lovely dish, and plus, it has bacon!
Gorgeous recipe! I’m already thinking of simple ways to make it Vegan so we can enjoy it in our household, too. Loved all the spring veggies ♥ ps: your photos are gorgeous!
So many great flavors!
This lokk seriously good! I am definitley pinning this and will try to make it this summer.
Alfredo is not the healthiest but it sure is yummy- I love all the spring veggies added into this to make it a bit more nutritious!
Yum! We make a dairy-free version similar to this but this looks nice and lighter than traditional alfredo. Delicious!
This looks so fresh! I love that it’s so quick. Do you take all of your photos? They are so professional!
This looks so good! My favorite pasta dish and so fresh!
So creamy! Paired with all those vegetables, this looks like my dream meal!
Oh yum! This is a recipe I’m definitely going to try.
Such a great weeknight summer recipe!
This looks so delicious! I’m going to have to make it at home.
Looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it out! Thanks for sharing!
Yum! This looks delicious! Looks like a perfect dish for summer!
This looks so delicious! It looks like the perfect summer pasta meal. I’d have to modify and take away the bacon, or use soy bacon but other than that, I am loving this. I’ll have to try!
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This looks so good. I love that asparagus is in season – it’s one of my favorites!
This looks so yummY! I can’t have pasta at all right now… I wonder what this would taste like if I subbed spaghetti squash instead?
Well, you had me at bacon! Has this been tried with spaghetti squash? I need to watch the carbs (diabetic).
I haven’t tried it but it should work! Zucchini noodles would be great too!
Love the flavors! but then again, it’s hard to go wrong with bacon and pasta, right?
I love all of these veggies in here!
This looks light and delicious! Perfect for the warm weather! (Plus who doesn’t LOVE bacon?!)
Awesome pasta with loads of veggies! Yum!
Pinned this looks amazing
OMG Im totally making this soon!