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Gallery Pasta with Onion, Bacon, and Goat Cheese Recipe Summary prep: 10 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 6

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 1 pound campanelle 4 slices (4 ounces) bacon, sliced crosswise 1 inch thick 4 medium red onions, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, plus more for serving Coarse salt and ground pepper 4 ounces soft goat cheese

Gallery Pasta with Onion, Bacon, and Goat Cheese

Recipe Summary prep: 10 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 6

Pasta with Onion, Bacon, and Goat Cheese     

Pasta with Onion, Bacon, and Goat Cheese

Pasta with Onion, Bacon, and Goat Cheese

Recipe Summary prep: 10 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 6

Recipe Summary

prep: 10 mins total: 35 mins

Servings: 6

prep: 10 mins

total: 35 mins

prep:

10 mins

total:

35 mins

Servings: 6

6

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 pound campanelle 4 slices (4 ounces) bacon, sliced crosswise 1 inch thick 4 medium red onions, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, plus more for serving Coarse salt and ground pepper 4 ounces soft goat cheese

Directions

Cook pasta. Drain, reserving 2 cups pasta water; return pasta to pot.

Meanwhile, cook bacon in large skillet over medium, turning, until browned, 5 to 7 minutes; remove to a paper-towel-lined plate.

Add onions, garlic, and thyme to fat in skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cover; cook, stirring occasionally, until onions begin to brown, about 15 minutes. Uncover; cook until golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes more.

Crumble goat cheese over pasta; add onion mixture and 1 cup reserved pasta water. Season with salt and pepper. Toss, adding more pasta water as desired. Serve immediately, sprinkled with bacon and more thyme.

Reviews (19)

 Add Rating & Review     75 Ratings   5 star values:        9    4 star values:        19    3 star values:        34    2 star values:        9    1 star values:        4        

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Add Rating & Review     75 Ratings   5 star values:        9    4 star values:        19    3 star values:        34    2 star values:        9    1 star values:        4       

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75 Ratings 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 34 2 star values: 9 1 star values: 4

75 Ratings 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 34 2 star values: 9 1 star values: 4

75 Ratings 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 34 2 star values: 9 1 star values: 4

  • 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 34 2 star values: 9 1 star values: 4

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       03/23/2019   Perfect recipe!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       02/09/2015   I really liked this but my husband found it too dry - maybe it was the goat cheese. I added one sun-dried tomato (soaked before) and some fresh basil at the end. I used 3 strips of bacon for two people but it probably would be even better with more. I will make it again (when hubby isn't home for dinner). The onions, cheese and bacon were really good together.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/04/2013   Also... I used a whole pound of thick cut bacon!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/04/2013   This is by far my favorite of Martha's recipes, and I do love several of her recipes! The dish is flavorful,indulgent and just incredible. I don't like onions but these onions are divine! Every person I've made this for has asked forthe recipe, and whenever I make it there are no leftovers! I would not switch out the goat cheese for any other cheese, I actually double the goat cheese (naughty I know, but I did say it is indulgent). Make sure you do save some pasta water to mix!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/08/2011   So tasty! I didn't have all the ingredients so i substituted the thyme for sage and the soft goat cheese for goat cheddar. Lovely afternoon meal!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/11/2009   I made this last night and my boyfriend LOVED it! - we thought it could use a little more bacon and perhaps peas or capers might taste good...  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/09/2009   We loved it !!! and so did our 4 year old ( our six year old only ate the bacon- but that's typical)  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/06/2009   DELICIOCICIMO!!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/06/2009   do not be afraid to think of onions as a VEGETABLE! And if you cook it really slowly and softly it just goes creamy and sweet. White and yellow onions will literally go "creamy" and do not forget to add all the salt for your whole recipe to the onions and fat in the very beginning. This last is not applicable here as the bacon is already salty but it prevents burning.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/06/2009   wow,I'd love to try this, but is it a really oniony pasta? I love onions but red onions are large as it is, and that seems like alot of onion per serving; is it?  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/06/2009   I made this with egg noodles, and added two chopped roma tomatoes and 3 chopped green onions when I stirred the goat cheese in. I just realized I never added the pasta water...but it was fantastic! Really yummy.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/05/2009   There are all kinds of lower fat bacon available at grocery stores, I wonder how panceta would work. Once in awhile its ok to have real bacon. Whole wheat pasta is a good balance. Can't wait to try this, any thing with bacon has got to taste good.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/05/2009   I'm going to make this tonight! Four slices of bacon divided among six people is just enough for flavor. If you were on weight watchers, 3 pieces of bacon would b a serving, and one ounce of soft goat cheeese would be a serving. This dish has about 2/3 of ONE slice of bacon and 2/3 of ONE ounce of soft goat cheese in each serving. You can add extra onions and use a whole wheat pasta...YUM!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/05/2009   I'd love to know the nutritional score on this one..... sounds not too heart healthy!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/05/2009   Cant wait to try this. Will use yellow onions though b/c thats all I have!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/04/2008   DELICIOUS! Do bacon  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/09/2008   The whole family thought this was delicious. We used turkey bacon and a multigrain/flax pasta just to be a little more healthful -- and still very yummy!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       12/29/2007   This recipe is out of this world. I would service it for company for sure! Very special taste!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       12/26/2007   this needs some heat! 1)add 2 cloves garlic minced, to be sauteed with onions towards the end of the cooking.2)Add crushed red pepper flakes to the onions, about a teaspoonful more or less! 3)Use a little more than 4oz cheese!  
    

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 5 stars 03/23/2019

Perfect recipe!

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: 5 stars 02/09/2015

I really liked this but my husband found it too dry - maybe it was the goat cheese. I added one sun-dried tomato (soaked before) and some fresh basil at the end. I used 3 strips of bacon for two people but it probably would be even better with more. I will make it again (when hubby isn’t home for dinner). The onions, cheese and bacon were really good together.

Rating: Unrated 06/04/2013

Also… I used a whole pound of thick cut bacon!

Rating: Unrated

This is by far my favorite of Martha’s recipes, and I do love several of her recipes! The dish is flavorful,indulgent and just incredible. I don’t like onions but these onions are divine! Every person I’ve made this for has asked forthe recipe, and whenever I make it there are no leftovers! I would not switch out the goat cheese for any other cheese, I actually double the goat cheese (naughty I know, but I did say it is indulgent). Make sure you do save some pasta water to mix!

Rating: Unrated 05/08/2011

So tasty! I didn’t have all the ingredients so i substituted the thyme for sage and the soft goat cheese for goat cheddar. Lovely afternoon meal!

Rating: Unrated 02/11/2009

I made this last night and my boyfriend LOVED it! - we thought it could use a little more bacon and perhaps peas or capers might taste good…

Rating: Unrated 02/09/2009

We loved it !!! and so did our 4 year old ( our six year old only ate the bacon- but that’s typical)

Rating: Unrated 02/06/2009

DELICIOCICIMO!!

do not be afraid to think of onions as a VEGETABLE! And if you cook it really slowly and softly it just goes creamy and sweet. White and yellow onions will literally go “creamy” and do not forget to add all the salt for your whole recipe to the onions and fat in the very beginning. This last is not applicable here as the bacon is already salty but it prevents burning.

wow,I’d love to try this, but is it a really oniony pasta? I love onions but red onions are large as it is, and that seems like alot of onion per serving; is it?

I made this with egg noodles, and added two chopped roma tomatoes and 3 chopped green onions when I stirred the goat cheese in. I just realized I never added the pasta water…but it was fantastic! Really yummy.

Rating: Unrated 02/05/2009

There are all kinds of lower fat bacon available at grocery stores, I wonder how panceta would work. Once in awhile its ok to have real bacon. Whole wheat pasta is a good balance. Can’t wait to try this, any thing with bacon has got to taste good.

I’m going to make this tonight! Four slices of bacon divided among six people is just enough for flavor. If you were on weight watchers, 3 pieces of bacon would b a serving, and one ounce of soft goat cheeese would be a serving. This dish has about 2/3 of ONE slice of bacon and 2/3 of ONE ounce of soft goat cheese in each serving. You can add extra onions and use a whole wheat pasta…YUM!

I’d love to know the nutritional score on this one….. sounds not too heart healthy!

Cant wait to try this. Will use yellow onions though b/c thats all I have!

Rating: Unrated 04/04/2008

DELICIOUS! Do bacon

Rating: Unrated 03/09/2008

The whole family thought this was delicious. We used turkey bacon and a multigrain/flax pasta just to be a little more healthful – and still very yummy!

Rating: Unrated 12/29/2007

This recipe is out of this world. I would service it for company for sure! Very special taste!

Rating: Unrated 12/26/2007

this needs some heat! 1)add 2 cloves garlic minced, to be sauteed with onions towards the end of the cooking.2)Add crushed red pepper flakes to the onions, about a teaspoonful more or less! 3)Use a little more than 4oz cheese!

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