Creamy, Springy, and Green Orecchiette With Bacon

Your Recipe of the Day No Images? [Click here]( Creamy Orecchiette With Spring Onions, Fennel, and Bacon The sauce for this simple pasta dish is inspired by French [soubise](, a rich purée of cooked onions and cream. This version uses spring onions and fennel that are quickly softened with the help of a little baking soda for easy blending. Smoky American-style bacon and Parmigiano-Reggiano add savory depth to the sauce, which is punched up with a healthy amount of black pepper. Green food doesn't have to be health food. [Read More →]( The Kitchen Essential Fine-Mesh Strainer After blitzing up the sauce in a blender, we recommend passing it through a fine-mesh strainer along the way for extra smoothness. [Shop Now]( More Pasta Recipes Because Why Not? [Roman-Style Fettuccine With Alfredo Sauce]( [Classic Fresh Egg Pasta]( [Chicken and Penne in Vodka Cream Sauce]( [Seafood-Stuffed Shells]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](