Fabulous Fettuccine

There aren't a lot of Italian style dishes in Grammy's recipe box, but this one sounds delicious!

Fabulous Fettuccine

1/2 lb sliced bacon, diced

3 TB olive oil

2 lg onions, chopped

3 lbs fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped (alt, 2 cans diced tomatoes, undrained)

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 TB fresh tarragon, minced (alt, 2 tsp dried tarragon)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

pinch of cayenne pepper

1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced

1 lb fettuccine

Shredded parmesan cheese

-In skillet, cook bacon until crisp, remove, and drain pan of excess fat.

-Add oil and onions to bacon drippings and saute.

-Add tomatoes and garlic, simmer for 5 minutes.

-Stir in tarragon, s&p, cayenne, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.

-Cook fettuccine.

-Add parsley to tomato mixture, simmer, and stir in bacon.

-Serve fettuccine with bacon tomato sauce, and top with parmesan cheese.