Orecchiette with bacon, lemon, and cream from The Home Cook: Recipes to Know by Heart (page 89) by Alex Guarnaschelli

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  • swiand on December 18, 2025

    This had a pungent lemon and pepper flavor. Most enjoyed but the teenage boy said it was too much lemon. We did use a larger lemon. I am perplexed because this was the boy that used to pick from our Meyer lemon tree to make fresh lemonade.

  • Partyof7 on October 06, 2021

    Quick, easy and tasty. 4.5 of 5 stars

  • southerncooker on March 10, 2018

    I've seen reviews of this dish complaining of too much lemon. I used a small lemon for the juice and zest and thought it was perfect. The little bit of bacon fat added gives the taste of bacon through out the dish. Of course there was also 12 slices cut into 2 in wide strips. She has you cook the bacon in half cup water till it evaporates then continue cooking till crispy. I was skeptical about this process but it resulted in perfectly crisp bacon. I'll be using that method again when I need bacon bits for a dish.

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