Quick and oh so tasty, this luxurious Creamy Boursin Pasta with smoked bacon is perfect for an easy weeknight dinner!
We’re all massive fans of Garlic and Herb Boursin soft cheese in this house, and I’ve recently discovered it’s not only great with crackers, it makes an awesome creamy pasta sauce too!
If you’re a Boursin fan, you are definitely going to want to try this amazing creamy pasta recipe!
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✔️ Why should you try it?
- On the table in 15 minutes
- Only a handful of ingredients
- Easy to make
- Perfect pasta comfort food
- The recipe can easily be doubled
🥘 Ingredients
- Garlic and Herb Boursin – 1 x 150g packet of garlic and herb Boursin at room temperature. Boursin melts really well, which makes it perfect for this pasta recipe.
- Bacon – smoked bacon gives the dish a wonderful smoky salty flavour that contrasts so well with the creamy soft cheese sauce.
- Garlic – we love garlic, so I added an extra clove. Feel free to leave this extra garlic out if you like.
- Parsley – the green speckles of finely chopped fresh parsley gives the dish a wonderful freshness.
- Grana Padano – grated, or Parmesan if you prefer.
- Pasta – spaghetti or any pasta of your choice.
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Boil the pasta according to packet instructions, reserving 1 cup of pasta water when draining the pasta. Meanwhile, in a pan, fry chopped smoked bacon and the chopped garlic clove in a little oil for a few minutes.
Two: Add the Boursin cheese and half the cup of reserved pasta cooking water and stir to combine.
Three: Keep adding more water until you reach your desired sauce consistency.
Four: Toss the cooked pasta through the sauce and add in the chopped parsley and grated grana padano.
💭 Top tips
- Adding the starchy pasta water helps to emulsify the sauce and make it silky smooth.
- Ladle the water out of the pasta pan before draining the pasta (otherwise you might forget to save it and it will run down the drain!).
- Boil the pasta in salted water. An Italian cook once told me pasta water should be as salty as the Mediterranean!
- The recipe can easily be doubled to feed 4.
🍴 Serving suggestions
This a one cheesy comforting pasta recipe and needs nothing more than a simple green side salad or green vegetable such as roasted tenderstem broccoli. If I’m wanting something more substantial though, I’ll serve garlic butter chicken strips and pesto focaccia with it.
📖 Variations
- Make it vegetarian by omitting the bacon and adding chopped sun-dried tomatoes and toasted pine-nuts.
- Up the veggies with a handful of frozen peas or sweetcorn.
- Add leftover cooked chicken, prawns or air fryer salmon.
- Swap the herbs and use basil or dill instead of parsley, or a combination of herbs.
🥡 Storage
This creamy pasta is best eaten fresh, but leftovers can be reheated in the microwave. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 48 hours until needed.
The recipe isn’t suitable for freezing.
❓ FAQS
Boursin cheeses are made with pasteurised milk and therefore safe to eat during pregnancy.
😋Related recipes
More easy pasta recipes to try!
- Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
- Baked Tortellini
- Creamy Paprika Chicken Pasta
- Creamy Sausage Pasta
- Creamy BBQ Chicken Pasta
- Bacon and Pumpkin Pasta
- Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake
- Chicken Penne Arrabbiata
- Caramelised Shallot Pasta
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Recipe
Creamy Boursin Pasta
Ingredients
- 200 g Pasta of your choice
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 4 Smoked Bacon Rashers chopped
- 1 Garlic Clove peeled and chopped
- 150 g Garlic and Herb Boursin Cheese
- 50 g Grana Padano grated (or use Parmesan)
- 2 tbsp Parsley finely chopped
Instructions
- Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to packet instructions. Reserve a cup of pasta water before draining.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan and cook the bacon and garlic on a medium heat, until the bacon is cooked.
- Add the Boursin cheese and half the reserved cooking water to the bacon mix and stir until the Boursin is melted. Add more water until you get the consistency of sauce you like.
- Stir in the drained pasta and mix to coat the pasta in the sauce.
- Add the grated grana padano (or Parmesan) and freshly chopped parsley, season and serve.
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Notes
- Adding the starchy pasta water helps to emulsify the sauce and make it silky smooth.
- Ladle the water out of the pasta pan before draining the pasta (otherwise you might forget to save it and it will run down the drain!).
- Boil the pasta in salted water. An Italian cook once told me pasta water should be as salty as the Mediterranean!
Jess
You had me at Bacon!!
Ashley
I don’t even like pasta and this was amazing!!! I love Boursin cheese, so anything with it calls to me like Moana calls the sea.
Biana
Yum! Creamy pasta with bacon sounds like something I am going to make very soon. Thank you for the recipe.
Kechi
This pasta recipe looks and sounds flavorful; I want the sauce, and everything. What a delightful dish, thanks for sharing!
Claudia Lamascolo
We love bacon the family will love this dish!
Sara Welch
Enjoyed this easy and delicious recipe for dinner last night and it did not disappoint! A quick recipe that is great for busy weeknights, indeed!
Paula J
will try this for a change, i usually do it with stilton and creme fraise
Lesley
Delicious and simple, unfortunately does nothing to control cholesterol !!
Val
Absolutely amazing so quick to put together 😋 all my favourites in one dish