Spaghetti with Bacon and Onion

Ingredients

• •2 tablespoons olive oil or Crisco
• •4 ounces unsmoked lean bacon, cut into matchsticks
• •1 small onion, finely chopped
• •1/2 cup dry white wine
• •1 pound tomatoes, fresh or canned, chopped
• •1/4 teaspoon thyme leaves
• •1 pound 6 ounces spaghetti
• •salt and ground black pepper
• •freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve

Directions

1. 1In a medium frying pan, heat the oil or Crisco. Add the bacon and onion, and cook over low to medium heat until the onion is golden and the bacon has rendered its fat and is beginning to brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.
2. 2Add the wine to the bacon and onion, increase the heat and cook rapidly until the liquid boils off, Add the tomatoes, thyme, salt and pepper. Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. 3Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until it’s tender to the tooth. Drain, toss with sauce and pass around the grated Parmesan cheese separately.