Bacon & mushroom pasta

Name: Bacon & mushroom pasta
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 400 grams penne (or other tube shape) pasta; 250 grams pack chestnut or button mushrooms, wiped clean; 8 rashers streaky bacon; 4 Tbsps pesto (fresh from the chiller cabinet if possible); 200 milliliters carton 50% fat crème fraîche; 1 handful basil leaves

Bacon & mushroom pasta might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 22g of protein, 35g of fat, and a total of 723 calories. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of penne pasta, button mushrooms, pesto, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 minutes. Spinach, Mushroom and Turkey Bacon Pasta (Zucchini Pasta), Mushroom-Bacon Pasta, and Chorizo, Bacon, Mushroom and Pea Pasta are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Cook the pasta in boiling water in a large non-stick saucepan according to pack instructions. Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms and snip the bacon into bite-size pieces with scissors or a sharp knife.

Ingredients you will need

Mushrooms

Bacon

Pasta

Water

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Sauce Pan

Kitchen Scissors

Knife

Reserve a few drops of the cooking water in a cup or bowl, then drain the pasta and set aside. Fry the bacon and mushrooms in the same pan until golden, about 5 mins. Keep the heat high so the mushrooms fry in the bacon fat, rather than sweat.

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Bacon

Mushrooms

Pasta

Water

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Tip the pasta and reserved water back into the pan and stir over the heat for 1 min. Take the pan off the heat, spoon in the pesto and crme frache and most of the basil and stir to combine.

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Basil