I am really one for organization and routine and so blogging about my favourite meals once a week is great. I love the simplicity and ease of pasta for supper and this type of meal will never fail to satisfy. My ultimate easy and favourite dish has to be Bacon And Mushroom Pasta. I prefer to make my own bacon which tends to stay drier than commercially made varieties. If however you do not have the time or the patience to make your own I have a great tip for you. Cook the entire pack of bacon when you open it. That way it does not get too wet. And you can store the ready cooked bacon in a container in the fridge. Use it when cooking cabbage, or mushrooms. Or add it chopped up into a salad. If I buy commercial bacon I tend to get the diced one. Seeing as we mostly cut it up for pasta dishes, or to add to scrambled eggs, this makes the most sense. It is cost effective and a time saver.
Bacon and Mushroom Pasta
Ingredients
- 180 g pasta of your choice
- 2 rashers streaky bacon
- 15 mls olive oil
- 1 whole chilli
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 125 g mushrooms, sliced
- 125 g cherry tomatoes, sliced
- 15 mls crème fraîche
- 50 g Parmesan, grated
Method
- start by getting your pasta cooking
- place the bacon into a hot, dry pan and cook until the fat has been rendered down
- remove from the pan and add the oil, the chilli, the garlic and the mushrooms
- slice the bacon and return to the pan with the tomatoes
- remove the chilli
- add the crème fraîche
- toss through the pasta and add the Parmesan
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Don’t let the plain look of this dish prevent you from making it.
Perfect, yum!
thanks 🙂