Turkey Ham Carbonara

According to Wikipedia, Carbonara is derived from the Italian word Carbonaro which means charcoal burner which some believe that it was first made as a hearty meal for Italian charcoal workers.

Turkey Ham Carbonara

There are several names given to the same recipe such as spaghetti, fettuccine, rigatoni, or bucatini. There are also several variants for this recipe, with different ingredients as well. Reading through it, I noticed that egg is one of the most common ingredients among them. Meat ingredient differs depending on the variant that the cook will prepare.

I’m not more of a pasta lover but I am craving for different taste that’s why I tried this version of Carbonara. This one's with Turkey Ham instead of other meat.

Ingredients

- 1/8 cup butter

- ½ tsp garlic powder

- 1 small onion

- 1 cup chicken stock

- 1 can nestle cream

- 1 small can mushroom

- 1 egg

- Turkey ham

- Salt and pepper to taste

- Pasta (similar to the one shown above is preferable)

Procedure

Cooking the Pasta

- Put water in a boiling pan and add few drops of oil and about ½ teaspoon of salt

- Add pasta before the boiling point and boil for 10 minutes or until cooked

- Drain and set aside

Preparing the Sauce

- In a separate pan, heat butter on medium heat

- sauté onion

- add turkey ham and garlic powder and cook for 3 minutes

- add chicken stock and let boil

-reduce heat

- add cream and bring to boil

- add egg, salt, and pepper

- remove from heat and set aside

Lastly, put the cooked pasta on a plate and combine the sauce. Enjoy with garlic bread if available.