Ziti with tomatoes, bacon, and stracciatella

To make ziti with cherry tomatoes, bacon, and stracciatella, remove the rind from the bacon and then cut it into strips 1. Wash the cherry tomatoes and cut them in half. Heat a crushed garlic clove in a pan with oil, add the bacon and let it brown for a moment 2. Add the cherry tomatoes 3.

Season with a few basil leaves 4, salt, and pepper and cook for 7 minutes, then remove the garlic 5. Place a pot filled with salted water on the stove and bring to a boil, it will be used to cook the ziti. Prepare the pistachio crumble: chop the pistachios in a mixer 6.

Pour a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, a tablespoon of breadcrumbs, and the chopped pistachios into a pan 7, salt and toast for 2-3 minutes over moderate heat. Break the ziti into three parts 8 and cook them al dente in plenty of salted water 9.

Set aside a bit of the cooking water 10. Drain the ziti and pour them into the pan with the sauce 11, toss them, and adjust the creaminess with a few tablespoons of the pasta cooking water. Plate with the stracciatella and the pistachio crumble 12.