- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Serving: 4 Persons
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 567
- Carbohydrate Content: 78g
- Fat Content: 20g
- Fiber Content: 4g
- Protein Content: 23g
- Saturated Fat Content: 9g
- Sodium Content: 1.41g
- Sugar Content: 0g
Bacon & mushroom pasta Recipe
Bacon & mushroom pasta is a Quick and easy family pasta recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has penne, button mushroom and bacon.
Ingredients
- Penne - 400g penne (or other tube shape) pasta
- Basil Leaf - handful basil leaves
- Pesto - 4 tbsp pesto (fresh from the chiller cabinet if possible)
- Creme Fraiche - 200ml carton 50% fat creme fraiche
- Bacon - 8 rashers streaky bacon
- Button Mushroom - 250g pack chestnut or button mushrooms, wiped clean
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.
- 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.
- 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 creme fraiche and most of the basil and stir to combine. Sprinkle with the remaining basil to serve.
