Spaghetti alla carbonara sauce question

[BatleyBoy]

I am making a Spaghetti alla carbonara type dish tonight; same sauce but I'm adding mushrooms and Prosciutto instead of pancetta.

As far as the sauce is concerned, I sometimes put a little double cream in the mix to 'wet' the sauce up a little. The question is would creme fraiche work equally as well?

Cheers. BB.

[Caulkhead]

Should work OK to make an 'English' carbonara but my Italian gf goes even more mental than usual when people put cream in a carbonara - eggs only, no crema!

[paulmurr]

Try using some of the water that you boiled the pasta in instead of cream. It'll make the dish a bit lighter.

[BatleyBoy]

Caulkhead said:

Should work OK to make an 'English' carbonara but my Italian gf goes even more mental than usual when people put cream in a carbonara - eggs only, no crema!

Yes I prefer it that way, but my Daughter and Wife like the cream!

[malbon]

Cheat. Campbells mushroom soup. the condensed stuff or whatever it is.

[BatleyBoy]

Creme fraiche did not work!

[calibrax]

malbon said:

Cheat. Campbells mushroom soup. the condensed stuff or whatever it is.

I use that stuff all the time for pasta. And it's cheap compared to jars of pasta sauce.

[BatleyBoy]

calibrax said:

I use that stuff all the time for pasta. And it's cheap compared to jars of pasta sauce.

Recipe please?

[condor]

BatleyBoy said:

calibrax said:

I use that stuff all the time for pasta. And it's cheap compared to jars of pasta sauce.

Recipe please?

Go to shop, buy a tin of Campbells condensed soup.
HTH

[R500POP]

BatleyBoy said:

Yes I prefer it that way, but my Daughter and Wife like the cream!

PERVERT.

[ali_kat]

BatleyBoy said:

Creme fraiche did not work!

It's soured, that will probabaly be why.

[BatleyBoy]

ali_kat said:

It's soured, that will probabaly be why.

Hmmmm. That and the fact the sauce went gloopy, so I binned it and did the traditional non creamy sauce....much better.

[ali_kat]

BatleyBoy said:

Hmmmm. That and the fact the sauce went gloopy, so I binned it and did the traditional non creamy sauce....much better.

You need to heat that stuff slowly & keep it stirred whilst it melts.

[BatleyBoy]

ali_kat said:

You need to heat that stuff slowly & keep it stirred whilst it melts.

Oh I see. I simply tried to mix it in from cold with the egg yolks and parmesan cheese....it didn't work!

[thegman]

BatleyBoy said:

Oh I see. I simply tried to mix it in from cold with the egg yolks and parmesan cheese....it didn't work!

This works for me

Drain nearly all the water from the pasta.
Immediately add:

- Straight of the hob bacon bits (or pancetta) with a little of the oil (hopefully you've put a bit of oregano in whilst frying as well)
- Some cheese
- Egg

Stir and serve immediately on hot plates - with some extra cheese

I find this tastes pretty authentic.