Tilapia For Company - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 tilapia fillets
    6 slices smoked bacon
    3 tablespoons olive oil
    salt and pepper
    1 tablespoon garlic, minced
    3 tablespoons white wine
    2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (1/2 lg lemon)
    1 cup scallion, thinly sliced
    2 cups white mushrooms, sliced (optional)
Preparation
    Cook bacon in large skillet 'til crisp. Approximately 5 minutes. Remove and chop.
    Reserve 1 Tbl of bacon grease in skillet.
    To hot skillet add olive oil; then fish (two fillets at a time, keeping first two warm).
    Cook 2 or 4 minutes. Turn fish after salting and peppering first side.
    Fish is done when it can be flaked w/fork.
    Add garlic, bacon and mushrooms (if using). Toss to coat.
    Add wine and lemon juice.
    Return first fillets to skillet.
    Add scallions last 20 seconds.
    Arrange fillets on a platter or individual plates and spoon sauce, scallions over.

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