Lately I really got addicted to microgreens – i just add them to everything because they make everything taste better while adding freshness and unique taste to everyday dishes. Today I will share a recipe of carbonara pasta with microgreens that is really easy to make but it tastes like a royal dinner. Enjoy!
Ingridients:
- Spaghetti for pasta
- Mushrooms 1pnd or 300g
- Cherry tomatoes 200g
- 5 strips of bacon
- 1/4 cup of white wine
- Mozzarella cheese 200g
- Butter 1 tablespoon
- 1 spoon of minced garlic
- Salt/pepper
- Spices (I used vegetable, italian herbs, paprika)
- 1 onion
- Parmesan cheese (optional)
- 2 spoons of aioli sauce with truffles (optional)
- Microgreens (I used arugula about 150g)
Instructions
- Fill a pot with water and place it on high, add dry pasta and salt when the water begins boiling and reduce the heat to medium
- Meanwhile cut onions, mushrooms and bacon into small pieces, place them on a frying pan with olive oil and cook on low to medium heat
- Cut tomatoes in half and add them to a frying pan
- Add garlic, spices, salt, pepper, aioli sauce and wine to the frying pan as mushrooms brown and steer everything
- Add butter and add few 1/4 cup of the water from the pasta pan to the frying pan to make the sauce not dry, steer everything
- As pasta gets ready, transfer the pasta to the frying pan, steer everything and cover with Mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese
- Transfer pasta to the plate and garnish with microgreens. Add fresh black pepper and some more cheese
- Enjoy!