Bacon and Onion Fettucine -- Recipe
August 27, 2006 at 8:33 PM
by Ashleigh
Today we made pie. And pasta. Brad wants me to write about the pasta and I want to write about the pie. I guess, seeing as this is my blog I can write about what I want?
Okay. Pie and pasta. Pasta first.
We bought a pasta machine at the beginning of summer and we've made pasta three times since then. First we made lasagne sheets which were a little too thick, but tasty nonetheless.
Last weekend we tried to make ravioli. What a disaster. I had too much spinach and not enough cream cheese, too sticky pasta dough and not enough time and we ended up throwing away a whole lot of gloop. This time we made fettucine.
Oh wow, it was nice.
Brad has this recipe for bacon and onion fettucine that he loves, but which produces clogged arteries just by reading it. It came in a recipe with our old microwave about 10 years ago and we've changed and adapted it to suit. This is a wonderful recipe for feeding unexpected guests or for quickly making dinner when there is very little time. It tastes wonderful too.
Here it is:
Bacon and Onion Fettucine -- Microwave Recipe
250g dried fettucine (I used fresh fettucine made with 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 egg + 1 egg white, 1 tbsp olive oil and water)
15 ml butter
1 onion or shallot finely chopped
1 clove garlic finely chopped
3 rashers of streaky bacon chopped, or around 150 grams pre-chopped bacon
60 ml cream
100g sharp cheese, like cheddar. You can also use a mixture of parmesan and cheddar.
30 ml finely chopped parsley
sprinkle freshly ground pepper and salt to taste
extra parmesan shavings to serve.
- Cook pasta as per package instructions.
- While pasta is cooking, place butter in a 2 litre casserole dish and microwave on high for 30 seconds. (My microwave is a 900W).
- Add onion, garlic and bacon and cook on high for 5 minutes.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and the cooked drained pasta and mix well.
- Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Cook on high for 2 minutes.
- Serve sprinkled with parmesan shavings.
Then after that we had apple pie. I came across this recipe for Sour Cream Apple Pie via Alicia Paulson's blog and I had to try it. I'm a sucker for crumble topped pies. And crumble topped pies with cream inside .... yum.
It is every bit as nice as it promised to be. It has a custard like filling, almost cheesecake'y. The apples don't go soggy so there's this wonderful custard and crisp apple thing going on. Add the streusel topping and ...
I used a pie crust recipe from a couple of weeks ago when I tried the Peach Cream Fraiche pie from Martha Stewart Living via Cream Puffs in Venice. I like this pastry so much it's my standard sweet pastry recipe now. It sticks a bit to roll out and I hate having a floury counter, so I roll my pastry between two sheets of clingwrap. It works wonderfully and there's no dirty countertop to clean afterwards.
Comments
Hi Ashleigh,
I fell right with my nose into the butter (how's that for Dutch-English translations lol) My birthday is almost there and I hope there will be a pasta-attachment so I'll keep your recipe near.
Hi Ashleigh,
I have just baked the Sour Cream Apple pie...beautiful! Usually when I try to make new things, the smoke alarm comes on, or I have to scrape things into the bin as even my dog won't eat them! The pie will prove to be a great afternoon tree treat.
Cheers from Melbourne!
Sheridan
The bacon and onion fettucine sounds delish! I'll have to try it. Thanks for posting the recipe!
August 30, 2006 9:45 PM