Pasta with Spinach, Bacon and Mushrooms

Name: Pasta with Spinach, Bacon and Mushrooms
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 rashers bacon; 1 small onion, chopped; 225 g small mushrooms, sliced; 450 g spinach; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; Pasta, enough for four people

Tom Jacobs @snakey_jakey

Cambridge

Pasta with Spinach, Bacon and Mushrooms

Tom Jacobs @snakey_jakey

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Ingredients

4 servings

6 rashersbacon
1small onion, chopped
225 gsmall mushrooms, sliced
450 gspinach
1/4 tspnutmeg
Pasta, enough for four people

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Steps

1

Cut the bacon into bite sided pieces and in a frying pan cook it until it is brown and the fat is rendered. Drain the bacon on kitchen paper, then put in a bowl
2

Add the onion to the bacon fat in the frying pan and cook until softened, about 5min
3

Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook until lightly browned, about 5min, stirring frequently. With a slotted spoon, transfer the onion and mushrooms to the bacon in the bowl. Pour off the bacon fat from the frying pan
4

Add the spinach to the pan and cook over a medium heat until wilted, stirring constantly
5

Sprinkle with nutmeg. Raise the heat to high and cook briskly, stirring to evaporate excess liquid from the spinach. Transfer the spinach to a board and chop it coarsely. Return it to the pan
6

Return the bacon, mushrooms and onion to the pan and stir to mix with the spinach. Season with salt and pepper. set aside
7

Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salt water until tender. Just before the pasta is ready, reheat the spinach mix
8

Drain the pasta well and return to the saucepan. Add the spinach mixture and toss well to mix. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese before serving