Pasta salad with fried mushrooms and crispy bacon

AUTHOR
Benton Mccarty
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
5 2
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8
  • 500 g Pasta (e.g. orecchiette)
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 500 g Mushrooms
  • 100 g Bacon
  • 6 TABLESPOONS White wine vinegar
  • 2 TABLESPOONS good olive oil
  • 500 g cherry tomatoes
  • 150 g Arugula
  • 1 red onion
  • 150 g Whole milk yoghurt
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Salad cream
  • 2 TEASPOONS Genoese Pesto (Glas)
  • 50 g Parmesan (piece)

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook the pasta in 4-5 l boiling salted water (approx. 1 teaspoon salt per litre) according to the instructions on the packet. Clean the mushrooms, wash them briefly if necessary and cut in half. Fry bacon in a pan without fat until crispy, drain on kitchen paper.

  2. 2

    Fry the mushrooms in the hot bacon fat for about 10 minutes until all the liquid has evaporated. Season with salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Mix 4 tablespoons vinegar, salt and pepper. Fold in the oil. Drain noodles, rinse with cold water, drain and immediately mix hot with the marinade.

  4. 4

    Wash and halve the tomatoes. Clean, wash, spin dry and pluck the arugula. Peel onion and cut into strips. For the pesto cream, mix yoghurt, salad cream, pesto and 2 tbsp vinegar.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and pepper. Mix pasta, mushrooms, tomatoes and onion with the pesto cream.

  6. 6

    Break the bacon into pieces. Mix with rocket salad. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Slice Parmesan cheese over it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
430 kcal
CARBS
50 g
FATS
18 g
PROTEINS
14 g