Mushroom carbonara

Automatically translated from Romanian. See the Romanian original

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A simple and quick version of carbonara, made without cream or butter, featuring mushrooms instead of the classic pancetta.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Sauté the chopped mushrooms in a pan with olive oil.

  2. Once the pasta is cooked, add it directly from the water into the pan with the mushrooms.

  3. Separately, whisk the egg yolk with the Parmesan, salt, and pepper.

  4. Turn off the heat and add the egg mixture over the hot pasta and mushrooms.

  5. Mix well for 1 minute.

The story behind this recipe

Mushroom carbonara 🍄

Preparation 👩🏻‍🍳

Sauté the chopped mushrooms in a pan with olive oil, and once the pasta is cooked, add it directly from the water over the mushrooms.

Separately, whisk the egg yolk with the Parmesan, salt, and pepper; turn off the heat and add the mixture to the hot pasta and mushrooms. Mix well for 1 minute.

DONE! Do NOT add butter, cream, or other extras.

Enjoy! 😋🍝

* If you don't have mushrooms, try it with pancetta. I've heard it's good 😄

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