Italian•indulgent
Spaghetti Carbonara with Shrimp and Mushrooms
Wok & Skillet recipe - Italian
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
4
- 5 slice bacon (cut into approx 1/2 cm pieces)
- 1 tbsp garlic (chopped)
- 1/2 a small onion (diced)
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 lb spaghetti (cooked al dente)
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- freshly ground black pepper
- finely chopped parsley for garnish
- 1 tbsp olive oil or butter
- about 10 medium sized shrimp (shelled and deveined)
- 1/4 mushrooms (quartered)
- 1/2 tsp tomato paste
- half a lemon
Instructions
- 1
Fry the bacon in a large pot. Just before it gets crispy, add the garlic and onion. Saute until the onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add the white wine and bring to a boil. Let it reduce by half.
- 2
In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs and parmesan cheese until creamy. Add a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper.
- 3
Add the cooked noodles into the pot containing the bacon. Stir in the egg mixture. Keep stirring for about a minute. Set aside.
- 4
In a separate pan, heat up olive oil/butter. Saute shrimp till almost cooked, add tomato paste, then mushrooms. Saute for about 2 minutes. Squeeze juice from the lemon over the shrimp and mushrooms. Remove from heat and serve with the spaghetti.
- 5
Garnish with parsley.