Bacon Mushroom Pasta
This creamy, delicious pasta sauce is so easy to make and so incredibly delicious with the bacon flavour we all love and the creaminess of the sauce you will make this one over and over.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg bacon
- 6-8 mushrooms sliced
- 1 med onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- ⅓ cup chicken broth
- ½ lemon juiced
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 tsp flour
- 1 can evaporated milk
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tbsp whipped cottage cheese
- feta cheese crumble to top
- green onions to garnish
- 1 tsp basil dried
- 1 tsp rosemary dried
- 1 tsp thyme leaves dried
- 1 tsp paprika smoked
- 1 tsp chives dried
Instructions
- In a large frying pan over medium heat fry bacon that has been cut into 1-inch pieces until cooked fully to your desired doneness
- remove bacon and set aside leaving the bacon grease in the pan
- slice mushrooms and dice onion then fry in the pan with the bacon grease, cook until mushrooms begin to brown and onions become translucent
- remove mushrooms and onions from pan and set aside in same bowl as the bacon
- to the pan of bacon grease add flour and stir until all the bacon grease is absorbed and the flour begins to brown
- add chicken broth, if the pan sizzles and smokes turn down the heat
- add the lemon zest and juice, season with desired seasonings like rosemary, thyme, paprika, chives, and basil
- add evaporated milk, and cottage cheese and simmer until the sauce begins to thicken, stirring consistently to keep the sauce from sticking and burning to the bottom of the pan.
- add the bacon, onions and mushroom back into the sauce and stir.
- cook pasta to al dente according to package directions
- add pasta into the pan of sauce and toss everything together
- serve in a shallow bowl top with fetta or parmesan cheese and green onions if desired.