carbonara sauce

[abz]

Just wanted to say that i found a carbonara recipe in an old free foods recipe book and gave the sauce a shot and made up my own stuff to go in it. it was fabulous. for two just an egg and 50g of very low fat creme freche and garlic (and parsley if you want to) and cook on a low heat with other cooked ingredients so it doesn't scramble. my husband demanded more so i really recommend it

abz xx

 

[Mrs V]

Sounds delicious Hun..thanks for the recommendation. Hubby loves carbonara and I think I will have bacon with mine for an EE meal.

 

[Crys]

I gave up on trying to find a way to make it, so just started mixing cheese spread and boiling water, and I love it lol

 

[StripedDaisy]

Mine is similar. I fry off mushrooms and bacon whilst the spaghetti is cooking. Drain off the spag and add to mushrooms and bacon (in a wok) and then quickly stir in my sauce mixture (4tbs lf fromage frais and 3 or 4 eggs with a tbs of parmesan). My whole family (3 adults and 2 children) adore it and it is so quick to do after a day at work.

 

[bustybarmaid]

ooh, thanks for this, was hoping to come across a low calorie version of this(now just got to work out how many calories it is!)
Frankie xx

 

[abz]

i wondered if it would suffer from not containing cheese but it really didn't need it. so scrummy and totally freeeeee

abz xx

 

[StripedDaisy]

*puzzled as to why this is now in the Rosemary Conley section?*

 

[abz]

urm. why on earth has it been moved?

 

[Starlight]

Blame big fingers on an ipod touch lol

Meant to move it from the main section to in here but when youre moving threads its all drop down menus which are fiddly on the itouch

Sorrrreeee

 

[abz]

no worries

 

[Starlight]

This is me sober too lol x

 

[BritMumInCanada]

I use just 1 egg, a little bit of the pasta water and some parmesan for my carbonara sauce, is delicious.

 

[StacieG]

I tend to use Quark in mine, I feel it gives a bit better texture..when I can't be bothered doing bacon I just chop up some extra lean ham and shove that

 

[Circes]

Just wanted to say that i found a carbonara recipe in an old free foods recipe book and gave the sauce a shot and made up my own stuff to go in it. it was fabulous. for two just an egg and 50g of very low fat creme freche and garlic (and parsley if you want to) and cook on a low heat with other cooked ingredients so it doesn't scramble. my husband demanded more so i really recommend it

abz xx

Just a reminder that even RF creme fraiche isn't syn free although it's not hugely high in syns.

Basic/Non Branded Foods Creme fraiche, reduced fat 1 level tbsp

1½ Syns on Extra Easy

Original 1½ Syns

Green 1½ Syns

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Basic/Non Branded Foods Creme fraiche, reduced fat 28g

2½ Syns on Extra Easy

Original 2½ Syns

Green 2½ Syns

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Although the WW creme fraiche is a bit lower in syns

 

[abz]

oh sorry. it was in an old recipe book i had as free... they must have changed the values...