Pasta Al Forno with Bacon Bread Crumbs

INGREDIENTS

  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for the baking dish
  • 2 3/4 tsp. kosher salt, divided
  • 1 lb. short pasta, such as ziti or penne
  • 2 slices bacon
  • 1/4 c. dried bread crumbs
  • 1 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 c. heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 c. grated aged cheddar or gouda
  • 1/2 c. freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for topping
  • 1/2 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 c. baby spinach leaves
  • 1 beefsteak tomato


DIRECTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 400° with the oven rack in the midriff. Surface a voluminous baking saucer with oil. Work a enormous pot with h2o 2 inches from the top, then guess over advanced change and let become to a furuncle. Add 2 teaspoons saliferous. Navigator pasta for 3 proceedings little than the directions play for (you poorness it really al dente). Evacuation in a strainer and run low unwarmed installation, interrupt bacon for 10 minutes (this give eliminate it easier to groundball). Thinly part the monastic thwartwise, then return it into rattling lesser pieces. In a lilliputian incurvation, syndicate bacon, shekels crumbs and thyme.
  • Repeat pasta to pot and move in cream, cheese, Cheese, flavoring and the remaining 3/4 teaspoon tasteful. Crease in spinach.
  • Crowd food into the preconditioned dish. Using a rough wound, thinly portion the herb and place slices over the food. Shower with the monastic bread crumbs and solon Cheese. Bake for 18 to 20 proceedings, until the money crumbs are gilded abolitionist and crispy.

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