Friday, December 27, 2013

Spaghetti Carbonara

I created an Instagram gif video while making this dish the other day and due to popular demand, wanted to elaborate with the actual recipe! You really could use any vegetables you'd like with this dish. That's the best part of cooking for me. You don't have green onions in the fridge, that's ok! Throw in green peppers like I did! Also, I don't do a lot of measuring when I cook, so here is a rough estimate of what I did ;) Enjoy!

1 pound dry spaghetti
4 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped
1 shallot, diced
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/3 cup green bell pepper, diced
1 tomato, diced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 eggs
1 cup grated parmesan
1/2 cup cream
Salt and pepper to taste
approx 1 cup fresh Arugula

Start by cooking the pasta. While you're doing that, start the sauce. Cook your bacon. Drain most of the fat but keep approximately 2 Tbsp in the pan. Set bacon aside and add shallot and mushrooms to pan. sauté until almost cooked through. Add peppers, tomatoes, and garlic. sauté for appox 2 mins. Add cream, salt and pepper. Beat eggs in with your parmesan. Dump your pasta into your pan with your sautéed veggies. Add egg and cheese mixture to pan and pull off the heat. The heat from the pan and the pasta will cook the eggs but you don't want to scramble them so keep stirring! Add bacon and arugula to the mix and serve!

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