Olive Garden Spaghetti Carbonara
8 ounces mushrooms, with stems sliced 1/4-inch thick
5 tablespoons finely-minced shallots
1/4 cup olive oil
24 slices bacon, cooked & sliced 1/2-inch strips
2 lbs spaghetti, cooked
2 teaspoons finely-chpd fresh parsley
black pepper
salt
4 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
Light-Bechamel Sauce
6 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 cups whole milk
1. Add the olive oil to a heavy skillet over medium heat until fragrant, then add the mushrooms and shallots and saute until golden, not brown.
2. Add the bacon strips, stir well and turn off the heat.
3. Add the warm spaghetti and blend all ingredients together thoroughly.
4. Add the warm becahmel sauce, pepper, parsley and salt and blend thoroughly.
5. Serve immediately with Parmesan.
6. Sauce:.
7. In a heavy non-aluminum pot, melt butter and flour and cook on moderate heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly with wire whisk.
8. Do not allow the roux to color more than blond.
9. Add milk (no skim or low-fat) and bring to just below the boiling point.
10. Remove from heat immediately and keep warm.
2007-08-04 04:05:32
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answered by StRwBrY 2
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If you are looking to just make plain old spaghetti, I'd recommend doing it like this:
Fill a huge pot with water (the more water in relation to the pasta, the better; it prevents sticking and keeps the starch from saturating the water).
Bring the water to a boil, lower the temp slightly (if 10 is high on your burner, bring it down to 8), and add a good amount of salt and some olive oil to the water.
Add the pasta to the rolling boil, and allow to boil, stirring every once in awhile, until the pasta is "al dente" or still has a bite. You can try the other methods of assessing doneness, like throwing it against the wall and seeing if a piece sticks, but I just like to remove a strand or two and taste it.
Strain it in a collander, but do NOT run water over it, cold or otherwise. This will remove the excess starch and will keep the sauce that you use from sticking to the spaghetti.
Hope that helps!
2007-08-04 11:03:38
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answered by lenb81 2
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I make whole wheat spaghetti from scratch, then as I'm cooking it, I add spices like pepper and basil to the water so the spaghetti soaks it up. I make a tomato sauce from roma tomatoes, italian herb tomato paste, peppers, hot sauce, artichoke hearts, fresh olives some balsamic vinegar and green onions.
2007-08-04 11:58:53
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answered by Dustin M 2
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Whatever recipe you use, add cheese to the sauce. People will love it.
2007-08-04 11:37:08
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answered by Texas Cowboy 7
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boil it,then in the sauce put italon seasings in it
2007-08-04 11:03:26
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answered by hi 3
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