Creamy Bacon Carbonara

By CheeseDiva

You have to double the sauce for it to be saucy enough. I also put the sauce on low whisking consistently while I cooked the noodles because I wanted the eggs to cook enough. You have to watch it though or your sauce will turn into scrambled eggs!

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup Cream or Heavy Cream (Whipping Cream)
• 1/3 cup Parmesan
• Fresh diced Parsley or dried flakes
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1/2 tsp Red Pepper flakes
• (I doubled the Sauce recipe, and it was perfect)
• 1/2 lb. bacon
• 3 mushrooms chopped (opt)
• 1 small onion chopped (opt)
• 1/2 pound pasta

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from therecipecritic.com

Preparation

Step 1

Beat the eggs, cream, Parmesan, parsley, salt and the red pepper together in a bowl.  I just used a fork.  Fry the bacon until crisp, then crumble and set aside.  With 1 -2 Tbsp. bacon grease, saute the onion and the mushrooms until the onions are translucent and golden.  Drain the pasta and while still warm, add to the onions and mushrooms.  Pour cream mixture into the pasta, and stir over low heat for one to two minutes. (**I doubled the sauce recipe and I saved a bit of the pasta water, just in case my sauce got thicker than I liked – simply add a bit if you need it)   Don’t do this on high heat, or you will make scrambled eggs.  Serve with additional Parmesan, and a loaf of Crusty French bread and a salad.  So Good!

I love it… thanks big hit with the friend, I added crubled up blue cheese with the egg and cream mix

Does anyone know how many servings this makes? I have 6 people coming over tonight for a little New Year’s Eve get together and thought pasta carbonara would make a nice meal! There will be 6 of us, not sure how much of each of these ingredients I will need…help please!

So delicious!!! Helped us to feed a hungry group of 8 after a busy moving day. Tossed with whole wheat past, served with a Romaine salad and fresh loaf of french bread – Will be repeated again soon…

I mad the recipe as listed above… I like heat, but my family thought the sauce was a bit spicey.. Watch the red pepper flakes!!

When do you add the bacon?

I’ve made this once. It was definitely a hit. Not even a spoonful left. I wanted to make it creamier and this recipe seems to be the one I was looking for. Will be making it tonight.

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