The kiddo is a big fan of white sauce for pasta; he especially likes saucy Alfredo and Carbonara. With the exception of my ‘special Kiwi-Pinoy spaghetti’ (sweet tomato sauce with a splash of beer! aargh, haven’t posted the recipe yet), he would also choose olive oil-based over tomato-based pasta. So it doesn’t hurt to have an easy recipe up your sleeve – like this one adapted from the Egg Guy’s recipe. It may not be as saucy as the kiddo would like it to be but as long as it doesn’t scream tomato, it’s all good.
Ingredients:
500g Spaghetti pasta
Lots of salt
250g bacon, sliced thinly
A bowl of button mushrooms, sliced thinly (or however you want ‘em)
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
Parmesan cheese
Freshly ground pepper
Heat a tbsp of olive oil in a pan. Fry bacon slices until nicely browned. Set aside. Add mushrooms in the same pan and sauté until cooked through.  Set aside.
Boil salted water in a pot. Taste. It should be salty enough. Add pasta to boiling salted water and simmer. In the meantime, combine eggs in a bowl and beat. Set aside.
Cook pasta until al dente. Turn off the heat. Drain and transfer to a bowl. Add egg mixture to hot pasta and give it a good stir for about a minute until well combined and egg is cooked just right for you.
Transfer to a serving platter. Top each serving with cooked bacon and mushrooms. Sprinkle with freshly ground pepper and a generous amount of Parmesan cheese.
- 500g Spaghetti pasta
- Lots of salt
- 250g bacon, sliced thinly
- A bowl of button mushrooms, sliced thinly (or however you want ‘em)
- 3 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- Parmesan cheese
- Freshly ground pepper
- Heat a tbsp of olive oil in a pan. Fry bacon slices until nicely browned. Set aside. Add mushrooms in the same pan and sauté until cooked through. Set aside.
- Boil salted water in a pot. Taste. It should be salty enough. Add pasta to boiling salted water and simmer. In the meantime, combine eggs in a bowl and beat. Set aside.
- Cook pasta until al dente. Turn off the heat. Drain and transfer to a bowl. Add egg mixture to hot pasta and give it a good stir for about a minute until well combined and egg is cooked just right for you.
- Transfer to a serving platter. Top each serving with cooked bacon and mushrooms. Sprinkle with freshly ground pepper and a generous amount of Parmesan cheese.
I’ll try this at home, my daughter loves carbonara. Thanks for sharing!
Happy FTF!
Pearl recently posted Weekend at EDSA Shangri-La
i like your olive-oil based pasta–it’s what i prefer, too, nowadays.
and i love that added bacon, my favorite.:p
Luna Miranda recently posted Amber sky/SWF
thanks for sharing! my sister will like this
love that generous amount of bacon, mushroom, and cheese! 3 eggs and 2 egg yolks? wow…i’ve got to try this!
thanks much for sharing and linking over at Food Friday, sis
maiylah recently posted Food Friday
Wow! This look delish! Love the way you captured your food. Looks so yummy..
Thanks for sharing the recipe
I’ll try it soon.. 
Happy FTF sis!
Eds recently posted Food Trip Friday : Beef Brocolli
Now that is yummy!!
Kim, USA
My son will love it, too! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Tetcha recently posted Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast at Kan-anan Restaurant & Bar
this looks so yummy Sis
easy to follow too
will try this sometime
Thank you for sharing the recipe
Returning from Food Friday 
Indeed, very easy and few ingredients. Panalo, diba?
Happy cooking to all of you!
I so love this recipe Sis
it looks so delish
Dropping by from Food Trip Friday this time
This has my name written all over it! YUM! This looks wonderful and is going on my “to make†list.