Spaghetti Carbonara

This is not really a carbonara, but it's close enough, and very tasty.

Essential ingredients

• 250g Pasta
• ½ packet of bacon or cooked ham
• 1 sachet mushroom cup-soup, or 1 small tin mushroom soup
• A little oil
• ½ cup of water

Optional ingredients

• Some mushrooms
• 1 onion - chopped
• A bit of cheese - grated or finely chopped
• ½ tsp dried garlic (or as much as you like)
• Basil
• Black Pepper

Method

Cook the pasta, drain it and put it aside - a clean carrier bag is fine! Fry the bacon, onion and mushrooms for a few minutes. Add the water, garlic and herbs and then the soup powder, stirring throroughly. Heat and simmer briefly to reduce to a cream-like consistency. Add the cooked pasta, the grated cheese and some black pepper and stir well. Season and serve.