Pasta Carbonara

Sydney Mike's Note:

Here's a nice twist to a classic Roman dish that's traditionally made with spaghetti!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 16 ounces tagliatelle pasta noodles , fresh, if possible
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 ounces ham , cut into 1-inch sticks
• 4 ounces button mushrooms , sliced
• 4 eggs , lightly beaten
• 5 tablespoons light cream
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese , finely grated

Directions:

1. Cook pasta in pan of boiling salted water, with a little oil added, 6-8 minutes or until al dente.
2. Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in frying pan & fry ham 3-4 minutes, then add mushrooms & fry another 3-4 minutes. Turn off heat & set aside, reserved.
3. In a bowl, lightly beat eggs & cream together & season well with salt & pepper.
4. When pasta is cooked, drain it well & return to pan, then add ham, mushrooms & any pan juices ~ Stri into pasta.
5. Pour in eggs, cream & half the Parmesan cheese. Stir well, & as you do this, the eggs will cook in the heat of the pasta.
6. Pile on warmed serving plates, sprinkle with remaining Parmesan & enjoy!

Reviews

[The Flying Chef]

This is so quick and easy to make and tastes delicious!!! I did add a couple of cloves of garlic when cooking the mushrooms and just used some sliced deli ham I had in the fridge. I also added more cheese, we all love our Parmesan. Followed everything else as written and it made for a great pasta dish. My son is the biggest pasta lover in the house and he thought it was really good. I will definitely be keeping this one as a great after work fast meal that is filling and so tasty. I served ours with a nice green side salad and it was delicious. Cheers sydney for fab pasta recipe

[Kim127]

Yummo!!! I used fresh fettucine in place of the tagliatelle and used pancetta for the ham. Wonderful!! Great creamy sauce and really easy to make!

[Nif]

We liked this one. I used fresh fettucine, thick sliced old fashioned deli ham and nonfat evaporated milk instead of cream. It was really good! I did use too much pasta so it was a little bit dry, but that was my fault!