My version is somewhere in-between, it has explosive flavor yet doesn't leave you feeling like you just ate a rock. I tried to make sure it's pretty good for you as well.
Tools/Utensils
- Cast-iron skillet
- Frying pan
- Pot
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb pasta (Penne, capellini, or rotini works well)
- 1/2 pack bacon (you'll need 5-8 strips, the thick cut kind with as little white fat as possible works best so it's mostly "crisp", you don't want any of the chewy part.)
- Cheese (Parmesan, Romano, and/or any other sharp, white, Italian cheese)
- Crimini Mushrooms (these guys are awesomely good for you)
- 3+ cloves garlic (depends on how much you like it.
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Red Pepper
- Olive Oil
Grate a few big chunks of the cheese up and mix them together in a bowl. You should have a pretty good lot here, cheese in a bag will also work to fill out the amount. How much you use is up to you. (It should be pretty cheesy.)
Set the bacon up to fry in the cast-iron skillet. This needs to be a BIG skillet, fry it slow so you have plenty of time to work on the rest of the ingredients. When it's done, set it aside and drain all the grease except for tiny, tiny bit out of the skillet. The bacon should get done a little before everything else.
Put water on to boil for the pasta.
Chop up 4 or 5 good-sized mushrooms in whatever size you'd like and mince the garlic.
The water should be boiling. Add in the pasta.
Brown the garlic and mushrooms with a little olive oil in a small frying pan.
Add the cooked pasta and a small amount of the water to the cast-iron skillet that you fried the bacon in. There should be a little bit of grease left in there.
Add the cheese and milk to the pasta and stir it up until it begins melting.
Add the mushroom/garlic mixture to the pasta and crumble the bacon into it. A bit of the oil from the mushrooms can go in as well but make sure it doesn't get too greasy.
Mix everything together. Season with salt and pepper.
It's quite tasty.
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