Best Creamy Bacon Pasta With Coffee Spice Rubbed Scallops Recipes

LINGUINI WITH BACON AND SCALLOPS

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A quick, healthy meal. Good enough for holidays or guests! Tastes best with fresh scallops. Most of the prep can be done while the water boils and pasta cooks. Quick and easy.

Provided by denisef

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork

Time 49m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 pound linguine
1 onion, finely chopped
6 slices bacon, diced
1 pound sea scallops, halved horizontally
3 cloves garlic, minced
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup dry white wine
⅓ cup chopped Italian parsley
1 pinch lemon zest, or more to taste

Steps:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain.
Heat a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and bacon until onion is tender and bacon is crisp, about 6 minutes. Add scallops, garlic, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and salt; cook and stir until scallops are cooked through, about 1 minute. Stir in wine; cook for 1 minute.
Remove skillet from heat and stir parsley into scallop mixture. Top linguine with scallop mixture and garnish with lemon zest.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 484.5 calories, Carbohydrate 66.2 g, Cholesterol 46.1 mg, Fat 12.1 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 24.8 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 688 mg, Sugar 4.4 g

CREAMY BACON PASTA WITH COFFEE SPICE RUBBED SCALLOPS

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I cannot wait to make this one again for all my seafood loving friends! The coffee really adds a wonderful (and surprising!) flavor to this stand-out dish.

Provided by cindy sandberg

Categories Seafood

Time 50m

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

PASTA
16 oz spaghetti or angel hair pasta, cooked al dente
1 lb bacon or pancetta, diced
1 1/2 c heavy cream
salt and pepper to taste
3/4 c parmesan cheese, grated
1/4 c parsley or basil, chiffonade
SCALLOPS
2 lb medium sized scallops
1 tsp ground coffee
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp coarse ground black pepper
1 pinch corriander

Steps:

1. Pat scallops dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with coffee/spice mix and gently rub/pat onto scallops. Set aside.
2. Cook bacon til crisp. Remove bacon to paper towels to drain and remove all but 1/4c fat from pan. When bacon grease is hot again, add scallops and cook until just opaque, about 2 min. per side. Remove from pan. Wipe any remaining grease from pan.
3. Pour cream into pan and heat to just below a simmer. Stir in salt and pepper and grated cheese. Place cooked pasta in cream sauce and toss to coat. Toss in bacon and sprinkle with parsley or basil. Plate pasta and top with scallops.