Shelly's Recipe

PEPPERY MASCARPONE PASTA SAUCE WITH BACON

Category: Pasta

3 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/3 cup onion, diced
6 slices thick cut peppered bacon, cut in thin strips 1 inch long
2 cups tomato puree
1 cup water
Salt and pepper
1 8 oz container Mascarpone
1 tbsp julienned fresh basil leaves

Heat oil in large saute pan. Add garlic and saute until aromatic, but not brown. Remove garlic. Add onion and cook over low heat until tender, about 10 minutes. Do not brown. Stir in bacon. Raise heat and cook until bacon cooks through but does not crisp. Add tomato puree and water. Salt and pepper to taste. Simmer about 20 30 minutes or until the sauce thickens and reduces a little. Off heat, add Mascarpone and basil. Stir well.

The sauce is very good with fettuccine or bucatini (hollow long pasta).

Makes enough for 1 lb pasta.