Tortellini A La Carbonara Food

TORTELLINI CARBONARA

Steps:

• Cook tortellini according to package directions; drain., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Pour off drippings., In same pan, combine cream, cheese, parsley and bacon; heat through over medium heat. Stir in tortellini. Serve immediately.

TORTELLINI CARBONARA

Steps:

• Cook tortellini as directed on package; drain and set aside.
• Cook bacon in pan until crisp, remove bacon to paper towel; crumble when cool.
• Drain grease out of pan -reserve small amount.
• Saute garlic in left over grease. 1 minute.
• Return tortellini to pan. Add bacon, Parmesan cheese and remaining ingredients; toss gently.
• Serve immediately.

TORTELLINI CARBONARA

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion and ham and saute for 5 minutes, or until onion is translucent.
• Pour in the half-and-half and the cheese, stirring frequently, until the sauce starts to thicken and bubble. Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
• Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Add the tortellini and cook to desired doneness, or according to package directions. Add the peas to the boiling tortellini in the final minute of cooking. Drain all from the water and toss with the ham and sauce mixture.

SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking to ensure that the spaghetti will be hot and ready when the sauce is finished; it is very important that the pasta is hot when adding the egg mixture, so that the heat of the pasta cooks the raw eggs in the sauce.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender yet firm (as they say in Italian "al dente.") Drain the pasta well, reserving 1/2 cup of the starchy cooking water to use in the sauce if you wish.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a deep skillet over medium flame. Add the pancetta and saute for about 3 minutes, until the bacon is crisp and the fat is rendered. Toss the garlic into the fat and saute for less than 1 minute to soften.
• Add the hot, drained spaghetti to the pan and toss for 2 minutes to coat the strands in the bacon fat. Beat the eggs and Parmesan together in a mixing bowl, stirring well to prevent lumps. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the egg/cheese mixture into the pasta, whisking quickly until the eggs thicken, but do not scramble (this is done off the heat to ensure this does not happen.) Thin out the sauce with a bit of the reserved pasta water, until it reaches desired consistency. Season the carbonara with several turns of freshly ground black pepper and taste for salt. Mound the spaghetti carbonara into warm serving bowls and garnish with chopped parsley. Pass more cheese around the table.

EASY TORTELLINI CARBONARA

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package.
• Meanwhile, cook bacon in medium nonstick skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings from skillet. Add sauce and peas to skillet; cook 1 min. on low heat or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• Drain pasta; place in large bowl. Add sauce mixture, bacon and cheese; toss to coat.

TORTELLINI PASTA CARBONARA

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, cook and stir bacon in medium skillet on medium heat until bacon is crisp; drain. Stir in Alfredo sauce and peas. Cook on low heat 2 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• Drain pasta; place in large bowl. Add sauce mixture; toss to coat.

EASY TORTELLINI CARBONARA

Steps:

• Cook tortellini in a large dutch oven according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
• In same pan as tortellini was cooked, fry bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels and crumble. Set aside.
• Reserve 1 1/2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings in the dutch oven. Sautee garlic in hot bacon drippings for 30 seconds.
• Remove from heat and stir in tortellini, bacon, cheese and whipped cream.
• Sprinkle with pepper to taste and serve!

TORTELLINI WITH MUSHROOM CARBONARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook tortellini in pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid.
• Sauté bacon in large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp and brown. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons drippings from skillet. Add mushrooms, onions, garlic, and sage to skillet. Sauté over medium-high heat until mushrooms are tender, about 8 minutes. Add 1/2 cup reserved pasta cooking liquid to skillet. Bring to boil over medium-high heat. Whisk egg yolks and cream in small bowl to blend. Add cream mixture, tortellini, and 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese to mushroom mixture. Toss until sauce thickens and coats tortellini, adding more cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls to thin sauce, if desired, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer pasta to serving bowl and sprinkle with remaining 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese.