Delightful Carbonara topped with slice ham and bacon bits ~Recipes #2~

Carbonara (usually spaghetti, but also fettuccine, rigatoni or bucatini) is an Italian pasta dish based on eggs, pecorino romano, guanciale, and black pepper. The dish was created in the middle of the 20th century.

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I love pasta! and i love its different sauces too! from Alfredo, to Meatballs, to Pesto, and the seafoods :-) I first tasted Carbonara during High School days at Sbarro Festival Mall in Alabang. Its not my fave pasta dish but since its the easiest to prepare, i give it a try. However, my Carbonara doesn't have eggs.  It was a combination of different recipes i learned from the net.

Ingredients

500 grams.     Spaghetti or Fettuccine Pasta
                          (with this recipe i used the latter)
                          I'm using San Remo for my pasta dishes
200 grams      bacon

200 grams      cooked ham

½ cup              butter

1 tsp                 dried basil leaves

½ tsp               dried rosemary

1 pc                   chicken bouillon cube

1 small can      of slice mushrooms

2 cups              of heavy cream (you can use Nestle all-purpose cream)

1 cup                cream of mushroom (the best is Campbell )

1 cup                water

½ cup              quickmelt cheese, grated

                         Parmesan cheese
                         Salt and Pepper to taste

Cooking Procedures

Cook the spaghetti or fettuccine according to package directions. Drain and you can rinse in cold or running water. Transfer to a serving bowl

Step 1: Cook bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat without oil. When the bacon starts to render oil, turn up the heat to high and continue cooking until the edges start to brown (you can cook until crisp). Pour off the bacon fat. When the bacon is cooled, scrumble it into bits of pieces

Step 2: In the same pan, cook the ham for about 1 minute on both sides at medium fire. Set aside. When already cooled, slice it accodring to your preperence.

Step 3: In the same pan, put the butter until melted and add the mushrooms, ham, basil, rosemary. Add the water from the mushroom and bouillon cubes. Add the cream and let it simmer while stirring occasionally. Add the cream of mushroom, water, cheese, and bacon. Add more water until you achieve the desired consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste and stir a lil bit more.

Step 4: Toss with the pasta and sprinkle with lots of Parmesan cheese.

                makes 6 servings


COOKING TIPS!  Please note that before you add some pepper and salt, make sure you already tasted your sauce because the bacon and ham already has a salty flavor.

 You can serve it plain just like this

 

Or with lots of Parmesan Cheese!

 

Buon appetito!

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