STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE #8 - La Pasta Perfetta: Fettuccine with bacon and mushrooms

I like pasta with some kind of protein and vegetables...and most important, not difficult or time-consuming!

This weekend we've traveled to a close city, where my boyfriend lived when a child. He spent his day occupied with sports activity and told me, "make yourself at home!"

And I did!

I previously decided what I would cook (simple recipe) and brought the ingredients from home. The fresh ones I just bought in a local store.

I cooked this fettuccine with bacon and mushrooms for lunch!

Here's the ingredients and the step by step:

Ingredients

• Fettuccine pasta
• 130 g of bacon
• 200 g fresh mushrooms
• 1 small onion (I only had medium, so I used half of it)
• 1 garlic clove
• olive oil
• bay leaf
• sea salt and black pepper (to taste)
• parmesan cheese
  

Preparation

1. Unpeel the onion and garlic, and cut into pieces. Add it to a pan with a small amount of olive oil and let it cook for a while.

2. Then add the bay leaf and the bacon. Let it fry till the bacon it is golden brown.
   

3. Meanwhile, add water to another pan to boil. Prepare the mushrooms: unpeel, wash and cut. (I know it might not be the smartest thing to do to mushrooms, but I bought them in the supermarket and don't know who and how many people touched them before. I feel more secure unpeeling them...).
   

4. Add the mushrooms to the bacon and cover. Let it cook for 10 minutes in a low/medium fire. After 5 minutes season with salt and pepper and stir. Add the fettuccine to the salted and boiling water and let it cook for 7 minutes, till al dente.
   

5. Drain the pasta water and add it to the bacon and mushrooms preparation. Mix gently and let the pasta get flavored.
   

6. It's ready to serve!! I love parmesan cheese, so I sprinkled the pasta with this one!! Also made a lettuce salad.

This time it was difficult to have a picture of me and the plate...this was my best try!

Hope you enjoyed this meal!

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