Jimmie's pasta

Right now it's more fun writing on my blog and cooking than studying. Can't wait to be finished with my studies!

This is a recipe, my friend Jimmie came up with a few years ago. It's a really quick recipe with few ingredients.

Jimmie's pasta, 4 portions

140 grams bacon
1 clove garlic
1 broccoli or 1 zucchini
3-4 small tomatoes
1 pinch salt
a few turns of the pepper mill
 2-3 teaspoons dry basil 
pasta

Chop the broccoli into managable pieces. Chop the garlic. Quarter (or more if the tomatoes are big) the tomatoes.  Cut the bacon into pieces with scissors.

For zucchini, slice it and cut it into small pieces. Add the zucchini, when you're half-way through frying the bacon.

If you use broccoli, boil the broccoli lightly. Save the water and start boiling the pasta in it. 

Fry the bacon in some olive oil. Put in the garlic. Stir a few times. Add the broccoli, tomatoes, salt, pepper and basil. Stir a few times. Add some pasta water. Let the mixture fry until the tomatoes have disintegrated slightly. I prefer having the tomatoes a bit firm. 

When the pasta is done, drain it and then add it to the mixture and let it soak up the sauce in the pan, I usually turn the heat off when doing this. Serve immediately!