Quick and Creamy Pasta Carbonara

Name: Quick and Creamy Pasta Carbonara
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 6 bacon strips, diced; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 227 grams package cream cheese, cut into cubes; 59 milliliters diced cooked ham; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 59 milliliters fresh green peas; 296 milliliters milk; 118 milliliters freshly shredded Parmesan cheese; 710 milliliters rigatoni pasta

Quick and Creamy Pasta Carbonara might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One portion of this dish contains about 23g of protein, 63g of fat, and a total of 821 calories. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Many people really liked this Mediterranean dish. If you have rigatoni pasta, butter, peas, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Quick Pasta Carbonara, PHILADELPHIA Quick Pasta Carbonara, and Pasta Carbonara ~Quick & Simple.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 13 minutes.

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Meanwhile, place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes.

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Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, leaving drippings in pan; set bacon aside.

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Cook and stir garlic in the remaining bacon grease over medium heat.

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Add milk, cream cheese, and butter to skillet; stir until smooth. Stir Parmesan cheese, peas, ham, and bacon into cream cheese mixture; cook until peas are heated through, about 5 minutes more.

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Mix pasta into sauce to serve.

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Servings:

bacon strips, diced 118milliliters

butter, softened 227grams

package cream cheese, cut into cubes 59milliliters

diced cooked ham 2cloves

garlic, minced 59milliliters

fresh green peas 296milliliters

milk 118milliliters

freshly shredded Parmesan cheese 710milliliters

rigatoni pasta

Recommended wine: Frascati, Pinot Grigio, Chablis

Pasta Carbonara can be paired with Frascati, Pinot Grigio, and Chablis. A crisp dry white wine balances out the richness of a creamy carbonara. Frascati is a Roman wine, which makes it an especially fitting choice to the Roman dish. One wine you could try is Principe Pallavicini Frascati. It has 4.2 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 14 dollars.