Bacon, pesto and mushroom pasta

4 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 10 mins
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Quick, easy pasta for a meal in minutes.

By Food24 March 23 2011
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Ingredients (9)

400-500 g pasta — of your choice
60 ml pesto — basil
30 ml fresh chillies — 573
1 onion — chopped
250 g bacon — chopped
250 g mushrooms — cleaned and sliced
250 ml cheddar cheese — grated
250 ml cream
salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
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Method:

Boil the pasta in salted water till cooked.
Drain and mixes the basil pesto into the pasta.
Keep warm till required.
Heat
the olive oil to medium heat and fry the onion for a minute or two.
Add
the bacon and fry till crispy.
Add the mushrooms and fry for a couple
of minutes.
Add the grated cheddar cheese and cream and heat through (do not cook) until the cheese has melted.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add the sauce to the drained pasta and mix.
Serve with a salad on the side.

Reprinted
with permission of Pink Polka
Dot.

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