BLT Pasta, GF & FODMAP

By MaryEllen

Yup, the lettuces are going to get exposed to heat and you are going to love it! We cook other greens, so why not? Check out the produce section of your market. Packaged, washed baby lettuce and tender green mixes abound and we always have them in our fridge. Of course, they are usually going into a cold salad preparation, but one day, fantasizing about the flavors of BLT – yes, FANTASIZING – I thought, why not tweak the traditional approach. And baby, look at the image. This quick and easy pasta is even tastier than it looks!

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 1 1 1 pound (455 g) gluten-free, low FODMAP spaghetti
• 10-ounces 10-ounces (280 g) thick cut bacon (use gluten-free if following a gluten-free diet)
• Kosher salt
• 5 5 5 tablespoons (75 ml) garlic-infused olive oil, such as FODY Foods Garlic-Infused Olive Oil
• 3 3 3 dry pints cherry or grape tomatoes, multi-colored, if possible, stemmed (see Tips)
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Pinch Pinch of sugar
• 2 2 55 2 large handfuls (2 ounces; 55 g) mixed baby lettuces

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from fodmapeveryday.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation:

Set a large pot of well-salted water to boil over high heat. Cook pasta until it is a bit firmer than al dente, drain and reserve 1/4 cup (60 ml) of the cooking water.
Meanwhile, cook bacon in batches in a very large sauté pan until crisp. Drain bacon on paper towels and then drain all but 2 tablespoons bacon fat from the pan. Add garlic-infused olive oil to bacon fat, set heat to medium and then add tomatoes, a generous amount of black pepper, sugar, and a bit of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes burst, about 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in lettuces until wilted.
Add drained pasta to pan and toss to coat, adding a bit of reserved cooking water as you toss to help bring the sauce together. Serve immediately, with optional Parmesan cheese.

Tips

Dry pints are volume measurements. There are approximately 25 to 30 cherry tomatoes in 1 dry pint.

You could add Parmesan cheese, in which case the dish will no longer be Dairy Free.