Carbonara is one of the most impressive pastas you can make, fortunately it’s also one of the easiest! Below is the most basic recipe I can come up with which will get you on the right track, once you have made it a few times start to play with it, you can add all sorts of things to it, bacon, spinach, mussels, it’s a really good dish to learn and can be made in minutes so there is no reason to ring the local take away if you have had a long day!
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter
200g/7 oz button mushrooms, sliced
1 cup cream
2 eggs
125g/4 oz parmesan cheese, grated
1/3 cup finely chopped chives
400g/14 oz dried spaghetti
200g/7 oz ham, chopped
Method:
1. Get some water boiling an cook the pasta according to the instructions on the pack. Its best to use home made, but that isn’t applicable for a quick meal, try and by fresh egg pasta from the shops but dries will work fine, remember to put a few pinches of salt into the water once it has boiled.
2. Once the pasta is almost done, melt butter in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat and add mushrooms. Cook them for 5 minutes, or until tender, remember to keep stirring them. Remove from the pan and put under some foil to keep warm.
3. Combine cream, eggs, three quarters of the parmesan, chives, and a pinch of salt and few turns of pepper in a bowl.
4. Drain cooked pasta into a saucepan. Add egg mixture, mushrooms and ham. Toss over low heat until sauce thickens. Season. Serve with remaining parmesan.
Ant
Yum, thank you!
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