Baby Artichoke Carbonara

Submitted by Chef Jean

"Saw some cute baby artichokes in the store and came up with this for dinner."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 2 large servings
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 15 baby artichokes
• 2 cups water
• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄2 white onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3 slices turkey bacon, chopped
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 6 ounces spaghetti, uncooked
• salt and pepper, to taste

directions

1. Mix the water and lemon juice in a large bowl. Trim the stem and out layers of the artichokes, leaving only the yellow center of the artichokes.Trim the green tips off the top. Cut the artichokes in half and soak in the water mixture.
2. Heat olive oil in large frying pan on med-high heat. At the same time bring water to boil to cook the spaghetti.
3. Sautee the onions, garlic and bacon until the bacon is crispy. Add the artichokes (well drained) and lower heat to medium. Continue to cook for about 10 minutes or until artichokes are tender.
4. Meanwhile cook pasta until al dente, drain and set aside.
5. Whisk the eggs and cheese together.
6. Once artichokes are tender add the pasta to the frying pan and stir. The stir in the egg mixture, continue to stir until the eggs are cooked.
7. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

Reviews

[ElizabethKnicely]

This was very good. I followed the recipe as written except that I used canned artichokes, whole wheat pasta and added half-and-half to make a more creamy sauce. Everyone loved this except my very picky 8 year-old-son. He just couldn't wrap his little head around bacon in spaghetti. I will definitely be making this again...as I was told I have to by my husband. Thank you for another great recipe Chef Jean. Made for the Greek cookbook for team Tasty Testers during ZWT9.

 

[BarbryT]

Delicious! I did use fresh baby artichokes and it took them a l-o-n-g time to get tender. And I used applewood smoked bacon (YUM!) and used linguine rather than spaghetti. Unfortunately, the eggs and parmesan didn't combine to be creamy...probably I had the heat too high. It is a scrumptious dish, creamy or not!

 

[Jean R]

A very good blend of flavors! I used a 12 ounce bag of frozen artichoke hearts, thawed and coursely chopped as well as leftover cooked bacon I had on hand. I added the chopped bacon with the artichokes in step 3. It came together very quickly on a week night. So easy and tasty; I'll be making it again. Thanks for posting Chef Jean!