Pasta With Chicken in a Mushroom Sauce

This is from the Essential Pasta Cookbook, and looks delicious, so I'm putting it here for safe keeping. What could be better than a creamy bowl of carbs loaded with mushrooms and chicken? Yum.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 13  ounces pasta, dried
• 2  large chicken breast fillets, sliced into thin strips
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 4  pieces bacon
• 2  garlic cloves, crushed
• 8  ounces button mushrooms, sliced
• 1⁄3 cup white wine
• 2⁄3 cup  cream
• 4  spring onions, chopped
•  salt and pepper
• 1  tablespoon flour
• 2  tablespoons water
• 1⁄3 cup  freshly grated parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Start cooking pasta according to directions on package.
2. In a heavy sauce pan, heat the oil and butter. Add the chicken and bacon, and cook about 3 minutes over medium heat or until browned. Add the garlic and mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes more.
3. Add the wine and cook until the liquid has reduced by half. Add the cream and spring onion and bring to a boil. Blend the flour with the water until smooth and add to the pan, stirring until the mixture boils and thickens. Reduce the heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Add the sauce to the pasta and stir over low heat till combined. Sprinkle with the parmesan cheese and serve immediately.