I’ll admit, I only put peas in the carbonara so I could call it easy peasy carbonara. I am quite sad sometimes. But, the recipe was easy and delicious and I think the peas worked well so I stand by my decision.
I got this Nestle Cook With Me Creme in my Degustabox last week, and wanted to try it out for a mid week meal. I don’t know about you, but my mid week meals tend to be simple and quick as I get so hungry after work! There was actually a carbonara recipe on the side of the carton, although in true India style I only followed it loosely.
Ingredients:
Nestle Cook With Me Creme
2 eggs
4 slices of bacon (sliced)
1 brown onion (diced)
2 garlic gloves (diced)
100g mushrooms (chopped)
1 teaspoon of oil of choice
30g grated cheese
80g peas
However much pasta or spaghetti you need for four people!
First off, put the pasta on. We used spaghetti, as we forgot we had no pasta but both should work equally well!
Once the pasta has started to simmer, fry the bacon in a little bit of coconut oil until it is no longer pink, then throw in the garlic, onions, peas and mushrooms. Keep stirring both this, and the pasta.
Pour half the creme into a jug and stir in the two eggs and the cheese. Technically, you’re meant to use a hard cheese like parmasan but cheddar cheese worked fine!
Pour the rest of the creme into the frying pan and let simmer for two minutes, making sure you stir. At this point, it’s really watery and you’re like am I making carbonara or soup!? But don’t worry yourself, that will change.
After the two minutes, pour in the rest of the mixture and add a little pepper. Stir continuously for three minutes, until the sauce thickens up but before it starts to get a bit bitty. I missed this chance unfortunately, it still tastes great but basically it’s the egg scrambling! Take off the heat, stir in the pasta and serve! Preferably with garlic bread. Standard.
The carbonara was just as tasty with the Nestle creme, and actually less fatty as the creme is half the fat of normal creme. We’re going to make Swedish meatballs with the next carton!
What have you been cooking recently? Is this something you’d try?
