Move over tomato sauce! Pasta with buttered sour cream and bacon is in town, and the pasta is calling! Try this for your next pasta supper and get ready to be dishing out seconds.
Sometimes when you are contemplating the inside of your refrigerator wondering what to make for supper, wonderful things can happen. This was the case when I was contemplating the inside of my own fridge, gazing at the remains of a container of sour cream, the last couple of scallions in the bunch, a stick of butter and of course, the package of bacon that is always in there. What happened next was pasta with a buttered sour cream and bacon sauce that is going into permanent rotation in our house!As the idea was forming in my head, I also realized I had a burning desire to use some of the poppy seeds I discovered in my spice cabinet (now a glorious spice drawer) when we were redoing the kitchen, so they went into the mix as well. And as offbeat as this combo sounds…it WORKED. Sweet butter, salty bacon, tangy sour cream, a little bite courtesy of the scallions, and the I-don’t-know-quite-how-to-describe-it taste of the poppy seeds. I used campagnelle pasta because I wanted the nice round shape to grab every drop of that sauce, but penne or ziti will work just as well.
Make sure your sour cream and your butter are at room temperature, and cook up your bacon until it is crispy. Cook the pasta and drain it, and then put it right back into the hot pasta pot. Now stir in the butter and the sour cream both at the same time until they are all melted and mixed together with your pasta. Stir in the bacon, scallions and poppy seeds…and that’s it! That’s all there is to it. Here’s a quick video that shows you just how simple and scrumptious this is…
I dished mine into warmed plates, and for the next little while the only sound in our house was “Mmmmmmmm.” Creamy, dreamy, tangy pasta deliciousness. Which among other things just goes to show that all that time we’ve spent gazing into fridges does eventually pay off in the end!
Pasta with Buttered Sour Cream and Bacon Sauce
Prep Time: 5 minutes- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 3-4 servings 1x
Category: Dinner
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: American
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Move over tomato sauce! Pasta with buttered sour cream and bacon is in town, and the pasta is calling! Try this for your next pasta supper.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces short pasta (penne, ziti, etc)
- 6 slices bacon, chopped and cooked until crispy
- 1/2 stick butter at room temperature
- 1 cup sour cream at room temperature
- 4 scallions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions and drain. Return to the hot pasta pot.
- Put the pot on the lowest heat setting on your stove and stir in butter and sour cream. Stir until both are melted and combined into the pasta.
- Stir in scallions, poppy seeds and cooked bacon.
- Serve at once on warmed plates.
Hi there! I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN! My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too. Let’s cook together!
Sounds Delish!! I just know you are having the best time cooking and baking in your new kitchen!
Happiest of Holiday times to you and the fam!!:-)
And to you too – happy days and happy cooking! :)
Bacon is king! This looks awesome. (And how DO you describe poppyseeds?)
Bacon IS king!! (And I honestly have no idea. They just taste like, well, poppy seeds!) :)
Sometimes the contents of the refrigerator can be so serendipitous. Love how random yet awesome this is!
Right? Some of my best ideas come from fridge meditation. :)
YUM! Can’t wait to try this. Pinned!!
Yay! And thanks for the pin – xx
I added some sone dried tomatoes to this and it was amazing! Added just the right amount of zing to an already awesome dish! MANY Thanks!
Oooh, love that idea! Will trying it next time. :)
I made a version of this tonight because I had a ton of sour cream to use up. I used salami instead of bacon (I didn’t have any) and only had spaghetti, so I broke it in half so it’d be smaller .. and I added shrimp. It still turned out great — that sauce is deceptively delicious! I’m looking forward to making it with penne and bacon next time. Thank you for this one!
I love your variations on this – I am definitely going to have to try them (yay shrimp!)…thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment telling me how it turned out! Happy Sunday. :)
I let mushrooms and garlic cook in the butter before adding the sour cream. Added a bit of cyan pepper, it was perfect.
Made this tonight over zucchini pasta and blanded spinach into the sauce. So delicious. Thank u for the idea!
I love the idea of zucchini pasta – I will have to try it that way!
Yes. I made the recipe and added sliced sautéed garlic, cooked sliced sausage and boiled, halved brussel sprouts. Everyone liked it mixed in with linguini. Thank you
We made it with tomato sauce, a splash of worsteshire and flat noodles and called it “Bacon Slop.” Now we have a new recipe called “Different Bacon Slop.” It’s delicious! (Kids will eat anything with a gross name. ?)
Different Bacon Slop – I love it!!! (and you are SO RIGHT about kids – gotta love it!)
How about the bacon?
Hi Bobbie! You stir in the bacon at the end – it’s step 3 in the recipe. Was that what you needed to know? :)