PASTA CARBONARA WITH BACON AND PEAS
Steps:
- Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking. It is very important that the pasta is hot when adding the egg and Parmesan mixture so that the heat of the pasta cooks the raw egg in the sauce.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta, and cook, per instructions. Drain the pasta well, reserving 1/3 cup of the starchy cooking water to use in the sauce.
- While the pasta is cooking, cook the bacon slices until crispy, about 3-5 minutes. Remove the bacon and place it on paper towels to drain. Chop into bits.
- Toss the garlic into the pan with bacon grease. Side Note: My pan only had a teaspoon of grease since my bacon was pre-cooked so I added another teaspoon of olive oil to the pan. Sauté garlic for 45 seconds, stirring constantly.
- Add the hot, drained spaghetti to the pan and toss for 2 minutes to coat the strands in the bacon grease/olive oil/garlic.
- Beat the eggs and Parmesan together in a mixing bowl, stirring well. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the egg/cheese mixture into the pasta, stirring quickly until the eggs thicken, but do not scramble (this is done off the heat to ensure this does not happen.)
- Thin out the sauce with a bit of the reserved pasta water, until it reaches desired consistency.
- Add the peas and bacon bits then season with lots of freshly cracked black pepper. Season with sea salt if needed then add fresh parsley, and mix well.
- Place into a serving bowl and serve immediately. Enjoy
PASTA CARBONARA WITH SWEET PEAS
Make and share this Pasta Carbonara With Sweet Peas recipe from Food.com.
Provided by PanNan
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Boil pasta in salted water.
- Meanwhile render diced bacon. Shortly before it's completely rendered, add chopped onion and garlic slices. Cook until the onion is soft and add cream, pepper flakes, and nutmeg.
- When the pasta is cooked, transfer the pasta with a slotted spoon or large sieve directly from the pasta pot to the pan with the bacon. Do not drain the pasta first; you want some of the pasta water in the dish. Add the peas to the hot pasta water to blanch.
- Turn off the fire under the pasta and bacon mixture and add the eggs, stirring to thoroughly coat each pasta tube with the egg. Take care not to allow the egg yolks to scramble at the bottom of the pan. Transfer the peas with the slotted spoon or sieve from the pasta water to the pan along with the black pepper and parmesan. Continue to stir. Add pasta water if it appears too dry. Stir until every pasta tube is well coated with the sauce.
- Serve with freshly grated parmesan and some sliced green onion on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 455.8, Fat 20.6, SaturatedFat 9.3, Cholesterol 126.6, Sodium 355, Carbohydrate 54.1, Fiber 8.6, Sugar 3.1, Protein 14.9
PASTA CARBONARA WITH ENGLISH PEAS
Adding peas to a carbonara is by no means classically Italian, though the combination of black pepper, pancetta, and peas is. Instead of (or in addition to) the peas, you could use asparagus or thinly sliced sugar snap peas.
Provided by Joshua McFadden
Categories Spring Pasta Pork Pea Green Onion/Scallion Parmesan Cheese
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add salt until it tastes like the sea.
- Put the pancetta and a small glug of olive oil in a skillet or Dutch oven that's large enough to hold all the pasta. Cook until the pancetta is lightly browned but still slightly chewy, 9 to 12 minutes (or less if you're using thinly sliced pancetta). Season the pancetta very generously with pepper. Take the skillet off the heat, but don't drain anything-you'll use that fat!
- When the water is at a boil, add the pasta and cook according to the package directions until almost al dente. When the pasta is almost ready, add the shelled peas to the pasta pot.
- Put the skillet back over medium heat and reheat the pancetta gently.
- With a ladle or a measuring cup, scoop out about 1 cup of the pasta cooking water. Drain the pasta and peas. Whisk a couple of tablespoons of the pasta water into the fat and pancetta in the skillet, to make the bacon fat lighter and creamier by emulsifying it with the water. Pull the pan off the heat.
- Whisk some of that warm fat into the beaten egg to temper it (meaning to gently warm up the egg so that it doesn't scramble when you add it to the hot skillet), then whisk the egg into the skillet.
- Dump the pasta, peas, scallions, and pea tendrils (if using) into the skillet. Add both the cheeses and toss everything quickly and thoroughly to blend. Add a few more small splashes of the pasta water and keep tossing until the noodles are cloaked in a creamy sauce. Taste and adjust the seasoning with more salt or black pepper as needed. Serve right away. This dish does not wait.
PEAS & PASTA CARBONARA
Using cream cheese to fortify the sauce speeds up cooking time and will have you eating my take on this old-time classic carbonara recipe in about 30 minutes. -Celeste Brantolino, Lenoir, North Carolina
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven, cook fettuccine according to package directions, adding the peas during the last 3 minutes of cooking., In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add milk and cream cheese; cook and stir until blended. Remove from the heat; stir in prosciutto and Parmesan cheese., Drain fettuccine and peas; toss with sauce. Sprinkle with pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 553 calories, Fat 24g fat (13g saturated fat), Cholesterol 77mg cholesterol, Sodium 680mg sodium, Carbohydrate 64g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 25g protein.
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