Bacon & Egg Linguine with Chives

If you're looking for a quick and easy gourmet mid-week dinner, this is the recipe for you! Whip up a meal in minutes with the use of your handy microwave cooking essentials.

Ingredients

• 400g linguine pasta
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 6 rashers middle bacon
• 4 eggs
• 6 cloves garlic
• 2 tsp baby capers
• 2 bunch chives, finely sliced
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• sea salt flakes and freshly-milled black pepper
• 1 cup Pecorino, finely grated

Method

1. Put the linguine in a pot on the stove and fill with cold water to boil. Cook to pasta instructions, until al dente. Drain well. Add the salt and toss through butter. 
2. While the pasta is cooking, arrange the bacon rashers in the Decor Microsafe™ Bacon Cooker and microwave on high power for 4 minutes with lid on, until crisp. Chop into pieces.
3. Fill the base of the Microsafe® Steam Egg Poacher with boiling water up to the line. Sprinkle the inside of the cups with oil, then crack an egg into each. Add boiling water up to the line, then fit the lid and microwave on high power for 1 minute and 20 seconds. Allow to rest for one minute.
4. Combine the garlic, capers and chives in a mortar and pound until a coarse paste forms. Mix in the olive oil then season with salt and pepper. Toss the pasta in the chive oil, bacon and Pecorino, then garnish each bowl with an egg.
5. Serves up to four people. Enjoy!