Bacon & Mushroom Pasta

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

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

Recipe

• 1 cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. meanwhile, slice the mushrooms & snip the bacon into bite size pieces.
• 2 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.
• 3 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.
• 4 serve.