Fettuccine Boscaiola

Submitted by Chickee

"Bacon and mushroom cream pasta. Works with any type of pasta! I edited this after Ninna's review, since I also never use butter and don't think bacon needs to be cooked in butter. To make it lighter, use evaporated milk instead of cream. Aussie measurements (1 tbsp = 20mls)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• cooking spray
• 4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
• 1 brown onion, chopped finely
• 1 -2 garlic clove, crushed
• 150 g button mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 300 ml cream
• 1 tablespoon cornflour, mixed with
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper
• 500 g fettuccine pasta (to serve)

directions

1. Heat oil spray in large frying pan.
2. Add bacon, onion and garlic. Cook until onion softens, stirring gently.
3. Add mushrooms, cook until golden.
4. Stir in cream, bring to the boil.
5. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce reduces and thickens slightly.
6. Add cornflour water, bring to the boil again then instantly reduce heat, stirring constantly as sauce thickens.
7. Stir in parsley and parmesan.
8. Salt and pepper to taste.
9. Pour over boiled hot pasta and mix.
10. Serve sprinkled with parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[belindaandcraig]

Hubby announced he felt like some "creamy pasta" for dinner. I knew exactly what kind he wanted and cringed. The yummy creamy pasta that he seemed to only get in a restaurant. I have tried numerous times to recreate it only to fail. I announced last night that I would give it "one last shot" and finally found a recipe he LOVED! omg Thankyou for posting this! I have to admit I added a little more cream (and a tiny bit more cornflour because of the extra cream) (probably more for my sake thank his as I could just eat the sauce easily on it's own hehe) I forgot to add the parsley but it was still fantastic. When I was chopping and weighing the mushrooms I was thinking to myself that it was a lot, but they shrunk down when they were cooked and ended up being the perfect amount. I also used short bacon too as hubby's not a big rind fan. Thankyou again for posting this. FANTASTIC!

 

[An_Net]

The flavour of this dish was exceptional. I used ham instead of bacon and flat mushrooms. I also doubled the parmesan cheese for added preferred taste. I found the sauce not as thick as other recipes but I actually enjoyed the thinness of the sauce on this occasion. Thanks Chickee.

 

[AmandaInOz]

I made this exactly as stated and used fettuccine. This had a nice flavour, but there was way too much pasta for the amount of sauce. Next time I think I'll also leave out the cornflour, as it made the pasta congeal as it cooled. Thanks Chickee!

 

[Leslie]

This was just terrific! I used whole wheat spaghetti pasta as I didn't have any fettucine, but it worked great anyway, as promised. The only other thing I changed, was to use chopped portabella mushrooms, and it did make the sauce a funny colour because of it. No matter, the taste was outstanding and we loved every bite! :) Thanks for posting.

 

[Miss_Tinkabell]

This was a fantastic easy recipe, exceptional taste will make again for sure, I left out the parsley, added mozarella cheese instead on parmesan and added alittle extra garlic. Well done Chickee!!!