HOMEMADE CREAMY BACON AND MUSHROOM PASTA RECIPE | INTHEKITCHENWITHELISA

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Boil your penne pasta in salty water.

Peel onions and chop them.

Heat about two tablespoons of olive oil in a pan over medium heat.

Add onions and cook them until golden.

Add bacon pieces and let them lightly brown.

Season with black pepper and dry oregano.

Add chopped mushrooms and cook over medium heat until mushrooms have been cooked well.

Remove the bacon and mushrooms from the pan.

Add some olive oil to the pan and then add three tablespoons of flour while mixing the flour into the oil.

If the flour does not completely mix in, add more oil.

Once flour has been well combined with oil, start adding milk little by little while mixing continuously.

Once you have added all of the milk, bring the sauce to boil over medium heat.

Boil the sauce until it has a thick consistency.

Once the sauce is ready, add bacon and mushrooms and mix well.

Combine your boiled penne pasta with the sauce and add fresh basil just before eating.

Cooking Techniques

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