Carbonara - the famous pasta with guanchial pork cheeks.
You can’t always find a gourmet product for sale.
Therefore, more and more carbonara is cooked with ham.
It turns out no worse!
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Carbonara pasta with ham and cream - general principles of preparation
For the dish, you can use pasta with the same name or purchase ordinary spaghetti. They are preferably made from durum wheat. Boil the paste according to the instructions on the packaging, then combine with the ham. Pieces of meat product are pre-fried in a pan. At the very end, pour carbonara with sauce.
What is usually prepared filling:
• cheese, often parmesan;
• fresh eggs;
• cream fresh;
• olive oil or butter.
All of these ingredients are mixed. But sometimes cheese is used to sprinkle a finished dish. You can add various spices to the sauce. But most often it is Provencal herbs, salt. After adding the sauce, the paste is stirred and warmed for just a minute, it is not worth keeping it on fire for a long time. In addition to ham, mushrooms, various vegetables, and bacon are often added to the dish. For the flavor lay garlic, fried onions.
Plain carbonara pasta with ham and cream (with eggs)
A variation of plain carbonara pasta with ham and cream. Raw sauce is also needed for the sauce. The cream fat is arbitrary, 10-15% is enough.
Ingredients
• 500 g of pasta;
• 90 g of cheese;
• 3 eggs;
• 500 ml cream;
• 200 g of ham;
• 50 g of oil;
• Italian herbs, salt.
Cooking
1. We prepare the paste according to the instructions that can be found on the packaging. Or simply boil in a large amount of salted liquid, check readiness, pour out the water.
2. While the products are boiling, you need to cut the ham, put in a pan with butter (it is better to take cream) and fry. Use a large bowl to fit the entire dish.
3. Beat the eggs with cream, salt, season with Italian herbs, you can just sprinkle black pepper.
4. Grate cheese, ideally parmesan is used for carbonara. If not, take another variety.
5. Put the pasta to the fried ham, pour the sauce.
6. Stir, warm for two minutes and immediately lay in plates. Garnish with greens, serve.
Carbonara pasta with ham and cream (with mushrooms)
Another very popular recipe for carbonara with ham and cream, in which champignons are added. Just a few things are enough to make the paste unusually fragrant.
Ingredients
• 300 g of pasta;
• 250 ml cream;
• 50 g of parmesan;
• 200 g of ham;
• 150 g of champignons;
• 40 g of oil;
• seasonings.
Cooking
1. Prepare the pasta in boiling water, like ordinary pasta. Make sure that nothing is digested, the density is preserved.
2. Cut the washed mushrooms into thin plates. If the champignon hats are large, then you can first cut into two or four parts, and then strip the plates.
3. Heat half the oil to almost a haze. Lay out the plates, brown for a few minutes. Do not reduce the fire, otherwise liquid will appear in the pan.
4. Cut the ham into thin strips, transfer to the mushrooms. Fry the slices until lightly crusted.
5. During this time, season the cream with spices, you do not need to add anything else. Pour the mushrooms with ham.
6. Once the sauce is slightly warmed, add boiled pasta to it.
7. Hold on fire for a couple of minutes, put in plates.
8. Sprinkle with grated cheese and herbs immediately.
Carbonara pasta with ham and cream (with bell pepper)
A variant of an unusually fragrant dish with fresh notes. It is advisable to use ripe, fleshy pods of bell pepper. You can take different colors to make the carbonara more beautiful.
Ingredients
• 200 g of pasta;
• 150 g of ham;
• 2 small pods of pepper;
• 40 g of oil;
• 220 ml cream;
• 0.5 tsp provencal herbs;
• 1 egg;
• 40 g of parmesan or other cheese.
Cooking
1. Boil the paste, set aside, having previously removed all the liquid. If the products are prepared in advance, it is advisable to grease with fat or oil so that they do not stick together.
2. Rinse the pods, remove the seeds, cut into long, but thin straws.
3. Heat oil, put pepper and fry for three minutes. The pieces should become soft, you do not need to cover the pan with a lid.
4. Add the chopped ham.
5. While the products are fried, you need to beat the egg with cream, salt and Provence herbs. Grate the cheese and add to the fill too.
6. Put the pasta over the pepper and ham, gently stir.
7. After a minute, pour the creamy sauce.
8. Make the maximum fire, warm the dish for another minute, stir constantly.
9. Immediately arrange on plates. Decorate carbonara with fresh herbs.
Carbonara pasta with ham and cream (with cream cheese)
To make such a paste, any processed cheese will do. You can use the product with the taste of mushrooms or with other additives. Cream with any fat content.
Ingredients
• 300 g of pasta;
• 200 g of ham;
• 3 tablespoons of oil;
• 100 g processed cheese;
• 300ml cream;
• 1 egg;
• 1 clove of garlic.
Cooking
1. Prepare pasta according to instructions.
2. Heat oil in a pan. If you want to get a greasy dish, you can pour a little more.
3. Cut the ham into long strips. Put in a frying pan.
4. While the pieces are fried, you need to prepare the filling. To do this, chop the cream cheese with garlic, add cream and egg. You can put all this into a combine and beat, it will turn out even faster.
5. Season the sauce with herbs, pass, salt.
6. Add the pasta to the fried ham first, in a minute the cream sauce.
7. Turn on the heat to the maximum, close the pan, turn off the stove after a minute.
8. Let the carbonara stand under the lid for ten minutes until the sauce is cooked and soaks the pasta.
Carbonara onion pasta with ham and cream
According to the recipe, onions are used. After roasting, he will give the Italian Carbonara with ham an unusual taste and aroma. It is advisable to cook this dish with a mixture of oils.
Ingredients
• 200 ml cream;
• 1 egg;
• 2 onion heads;
• 150 g of ham;
• 50 g of oil;
• 70 g of cheese;
• spices;
• 1 spoonful of flour.
Cooking
1. Cook the pasta. Add a spoonful of oil, stir, let the products wait for their time.
2. Onions need to be cleaned and cut into half rings. Then sprinkle the pieces on top of the flour, stir with your hands.
3. Put the remaining oil in a pan, heat.
4. Put pieces of onion in flour, fry until lightly crusted. Stir often so that the flour does not burn, the pieces are not charred.
5. Add the ham. It can be cut into cubes or strips.
6. While the main products are toasting, mix the egg with cream, grated cheese and seasonings. The sauce should be ready.
7. Add the paste to the fried onion, stir.
8. Immediately pour cream sauce, stir again.
9. Warm the dish until the sauce is ready. Serve the carbonara while it is hot.
Carbonara pasta with ham and cream (with bacon)
Real carbonara is made with pork cheeks. But ordinary bacon can easily replace them. It is advisable to choose slices with a plentiful amount of meat layers, it will turn out tastier.
Ingredients
• 300 g of pasta;
• 150 ml cream;
• 120 g of bacon;
• 1 egg;
• 150 g of ham;
• spices, oil:
• cheese for sprinkling.
Cooking
1. Cook the spaghetti. Follow the instructions on the pasta packaging.
2. While the pasta is cooking, heat a little oil in a skillet.
3. Ham and bacon should be cut into long strips. Make a width of about 5 millimeters.
4. Put the meat products in a pan. Cook for three minutes, stir often, but do it carefully.
5. Mix the egg with cream, add spices to the sauce.
6. Transfer the spaghetti to the bacon and ham, stir, warm.
7. Pour the dish with creamy sauce, stir again, sprinkle with cheese on top and immediately turn it off. Let it stand for five minutes.
Lazy carbonara pasta with ham, cream and mushrooms
A variant of mushroom carbonara, in which marinated mushrooms go. The dish is prepared in literally 20 minutes. If the paste is already cooked, it will turn out even faster.
Ingredients
• 150 g of ham;
• 200 g of pasta;
• 80 g pickled mushrooms:
• 200 g cream;
• 50 g of parmesan;
• 1 egg;
• 30 g of oil.
Cooking
1. Pour pasta into boiling water, cook until tender.
2. Heat oil over high heat, add chopped ham.
3. Cut the pickled mushrooms, add to the fried ham.
4. After a minute, put the boiled paste. Warm it all together.
5. Mix cream and egg, add grated cheese and salt, shake quickly with a fork and pour hot pasta.
6. Stir with a spatula, cover and turn off after a minute
7. Additionally, you can sprinkle the dish with cheese on top.
Ham and cream carbonara pasta - useful tips and tricks
• Carbonara is not prepared in advance and for the future. This dish does not tolerate reheating. But you can always set aside part of the boiled pasta and other prepared ingredients, so that in a few minutes you can build an Italian lunch or dinner.
• Instead of ham, you can use any sausage. But it is advisable to choose a high quality product. Also, any recipe can be adapted for chicken, lard, meat.
• If there is no parmesan, then use any other cheese for carbonara. Tasty even with processed cheese.
• Pasta loves all kinds of spices and peppers. In the acute version, the dish turns out to be especially tasty, burning, wakes up an appetite. For pungency, you can use a dry mixture of peppers or add natural adjika from burning pods.
