Peppered Bacon Salt and Tomato Linguine - Midweek Meals

by Sarah Christine, Posted Nov 13th 2008 @ 3:01PM

Peppered Bacon Salt meets pasta and sausage in this quick midweek meals recipe.

When life hands you Bacon Salt, make pasta. Our wonderful friends over at Bacon Salt sent us samples of several products, including Peppered Bacon Salt. Reading through their blog Tuesday afternoon, I stumbled upon this recipe and thought to myself, "bacon salt and pasta for dinner. Yeah, I could deal with that."

I found myself along with my sidekick engulfed in delicious aromas the minute the Peppered Bacon Salt hit the warm olive oil. Poured over fresh linguine, this dish satisfied my craving for bacon, without even having to cook up any (although I'm sure the dish would be fantastic with crumbled bits in it). Even better, this dish was on my dining room table in under 25 minutes.

Check out the Bacon Salt Blog for more inspiring, bacon-licious recipes (the Baconnaise Burger Sauce is on my list next).

1 tablespoon Peppered Bacon Salt
2 tablespoons good quality olive oil
1/2 lb ground Italian sausage (preferable sweet)
2 tablespoons chopped green onion
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon sugar
8-10 chopped basil leaves plus some for garnish (or 2 teaspoons dried)
1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

If you're using ground Italian sausage, cook and break up into small bits in a large skillet then drain and set aside. Place olive oil and Peppered Bacon Salt in the skillet. Heat over medium heat for 1 minute, then add garlic and green onion and saute for another minute. Stir in tomatoes, basil and sugar then simmer for 5 minutes, then add ground Italian sausage and simmer for another 2 minutes. Add more Peppered Bacon Salt to taste. While this is going, cook pasta in boiling lightly salted water until al dente, drain. Toss the hot pasta with the sauce, then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and chopped basil to serve.

Tip: If your local grocery store or butcher only has spicy Italian sausage, substitute Peppered Bacon Salt with Original Bacon Salt.

Adapted from the Bacon Salt Blog

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11-13-2008 @11:52PM Debby said... BaconSalt sounds addictive. Can't wait to get my hands on this product. The recipe photo makes me want to get the pots and pans out. I am hungry already. I guess I have to wait for the BaconSalt though.
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12-14-2008 @4:09AM Stu said... Looks great - I'll add this recipe to my BaconSalt list!

If there's any readers in UK or Western Europe, you can now get BaconSalt shipped direct from England - check www.crazy4flavour.co.uk

More BaconSalt recipes please?

Stu
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