Creamy Bacon Carbonara

Ingredients

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  2 medium or 88g

• Heavy whipping cream

  Fluid

  ¼ cup, whipped or 30g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  ⅓ cup or 33g

• Parsley

  Raw

  100g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Crushed red pepper flakes

  ½ tsp or 0.2g

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  8 oz or 227g

• Mushrooms

  White, raw

  3 medium or 54g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 small or 70g

• Pasta

  Corn, dry

  8 oz or 227g

Directions

1. Beat the eggs, cream, Parmesan, parsley, salt, and red pepper together in a bowl.
2. Fry the bacon until crisp, then crumble and set aside.
3. With 1 -2 Tablespoons of bacon grease, saute the onion and the mushrooms until the onions are translucent and golden.
4. Drain the pasta, and while it's still warm, add the onions and mushrooms.
5. Pour the cream mixture into the pasta, and stir over low heat for one to two minutes. Do this on low heat, or you will make scrambled eggs.
6. Serve with additional parmesan.
7. Recipe by: Alyssa Rivers (source: https://therecipecritic.com/creamy-bacon-carbonara/)

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