Orecchiette pasta with peas, wood smoked bacon, roast tomatoes and cream

Bit of a long winded name for a dish, but believe me, this is fast to prepare and absolutely delicious.

We'd been away for the weekend and when we go back late afternoon we still had to prepare dinner for church (About twenty people) We were a little prepared, we'd done some groceries at Hill Street Grocer in Hobart, do yourself a favour, check them out!

Orecchiette Pasta with Cream, Smoky Bacon, Roast Tomatoes and Peas

Quantities are not that important, you just make it up as you go!

Pasta (We used shell pasta in lieu of the orecchiette)
Wood Smoked Bacon (Got this from Hill St grocer, you'll never go back to the dodgy "fake" supermarket bacon)

Frozen Peas

Tomatoes (Out the garden)

Cream
White Wine

Salt/Pepper

Pecorino (From Hill St as well)

Turn on the oven to high

Put a large pan of water on the stove

Halve or quarter the tomatoes, depending on size and place in the oven in a large tray

Place pasta in the boiling water, when it's boiling

Dice the bacon and fry in a pan

Grate the Pecorino, and add to the bacon

Add about 50ml white wine to the bacon mixture

Pour in cream

Drain the pasta when it's al dente and heat the peas in the boiling water

Remove tomatoes from the oven and place on a plate, and put the pasta into the tray.

Add the creamy bacon mixture, the peas and the tomatoes with all the delicious tomato juices

Give it a gentle stir and serve immediately with some bread (See next post)

Photo's aren't all that good. I made this same recipe for Christines dinner party. Katie took some great photos of this dish, you can see them here http://katiesteafortwo.blogspot.com/2011/03/surprise.html