The recipe says this is their take on spaghetti carbonara, but being the carbonara aficionado that I am, I don't see how this is anything like that dish. That doesn't mean it wasn't fantastic, though. I love meals I can make with ingredients I always have on hand (pasta, bacon, frozen peas, half-and-half) that takes less than 30 minutes to put together, including prep time. I subbed one pound of dry spaghetti for the fresh angel hair, but that's the only change I made.
I don't think of this as carbonara either... but it looks just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteand hooray for c&w! :) I think when we talked about it a long time ago, you were saying you would never buy frozen green beans again (which I now wouldn't either) but I countered with the french C&W tiny whole ones. if you have to buy frozen, those would be the ones.
p.s. I made something you made. again. the chicken bacon roulades from elise. I only have one more post (my lobster steak vday post) before I put them up. they were good!!
Made this last night. Couldn't believe the spagetti (which I also used, as you did) would soak up all that half and half and still need some pasta water, but it did. Darn good. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMelissa - I don't know if they carry C&W in my regular supermarket but I'm definitely not buying the store brand anymore. I couldn't believe the difference!
ReplyDeleteOooh....aren't those bacon roulades amazing? I can't wait to see your post.
Marsha - I'm glad you liked it!