Heavy Cream-free Rich and Cheesy Carbonara. Slice the bacon and your other favourite ingredients into bite-sized pieces. Cook any ingredients that take time to cook through. Put the egg yolk and thinly shredded cheese into a bowl.
Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until golden brown.
Bacon and Parmesan cheese are the hero flavors in this hearty pasta that goes beyond the basic red-sauce bake.
Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish that is originally comprised of Pancetta or Guanciale (kinds of Italian bacon), egg yolks, hard cheese, plenty of freshly ground black pepper and of course the pasta.
You can cook Heavy Cream-free Rich and Cheesy Carbonara using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Heavy Cream-free Rich and Cheesy Carbonara
- You need 100 grams of Pasta.
- Prepare 200 ml of Milk.
- Prepare 1 of Egg yolk.
- It's 10 grams of Butter.
- You need 1 tbsp of White flour.
- You need 2 slice of Melting sliced cheese.
- Prepare 2 tsp of Consommé granules.
This recipe, however, does not use egg yolks but rather cream and milk as a substitute to make it creamy. Fry the bacon until crisp, then crumble and set aside. Drain the pasta and while still warm, add to the onions,garlic and mushrooms. Pour cream mixture into the pasta, and stir over low heat for one to two minutes.
Heavy Cream-free Rich and Cheesy Carbonara step by step
- Boil the pasta for slightly less time than indicated on the package..
- Prepare everything else. Slice the bacon and your other favourite ingredients into bite-sized pieces. Cook any ingredients that take time to cook through..
- Put the egg yolk and thinly shredded cheese into a bowl..
- Heat the butter in a frying pan and stir-fry the ingredients from Step 2 with the white flour..
- Add the milk a little at a time, and spread it out so it doesn't become lumpy. When you have added all the milk, mix in the consommé granules..
- Add the boiled pasta, and mix it well with the sauce..
- Place the pasta from Step 6 and a ladleful of the boiled pasta water into the bowl from Step 3, and mix it well until the cheese melts..
- When the cheese has melted, return it to the frying pan, and heat it until the sauce thickens to your liking. Season with salt and pepper to finish..
A quick and easy dinner that is made in minutes! Pasta is a weekly special in our home! I've made this bacon, cream and Parmesan cheese pasta sauce for so many years and have always called it a carbonara. Low-and-behold, I recently found out it's actually more like an Alfredo sauce. In either case, it's absolutely heavenly and a great option for company! —Cathy Croyle, Davidsville, Pennsylvania Heavy cream can also be used.