Bacon & Mushroom Pasta

Name: Bacon & Mushroom Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 400 g penne pasta; 250 g button mushrooms; 8 slices streaky bacon; 4 tablespoons pesto sauce; 200 ml creme fraiche

Submitted by Pink Penguin

"Better then the sauces from a jar :) For a change swap the basil pesto for red pesto or sundried tomato pesto."

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 5
Serves:: 4

ingredients

400 g penne pasta
250 g button mushrooms
8 slices streaky bacon
4 tablespoons pesto sauce
200 ml creme fraiche

directions

Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms & snip the bacon into bite size pieces.
Reserve a few drops of the cooking water in a bowl when draining the pasta & set aside. Fry the bacon & mushrooms in the same pan until golden, about 5 minutes.Keep the heat high so the mushrooms fry rather than sweat in the bacon fat.
Tip the pasta & the reserved water into the pan & stir over the heat for 1 minute.Take the pan off the heat, spoon in the pesto & creme fraiche, then stir to combine.
Serve.