Ah yes, looks and sounds delicious, doesn't it! It certainly was and was very authentic! I used a whole wheat linguini pasta and used veggie bacon instead of bits and it worked out great.This may become a new staple in our household. Here is the finished product:
Now here is the recipe, typed for your convenience:
Vegetable
Pasta Carbonara
Ingredients:
Extra
Virgin Olive Oil (Cold Pressed)
Finely
chopped small onion
1
heaping tablespoon of flour
1 vegan
bouillon cube
Black pepper
Sea salt
Milk of
choice
1 small zucchini
¼ cup
vegan bacon bits
¼ cup
fresh peas
Heaping tablespoon
of nutritional yeast
½ box
pasta of choice
Directions:
1.
Bring
a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2.
While
bringing water to a boil, turn heat on med and put about two tablespoons of oil
into a sauce pan.
3.
Throw
in the onion. Cover and allow to cook for three to five minutes. Stir
occasionally.
4.
Once
the onions start to caramelize and sweeten, sprinkle in the flour and stir it
around. Have a ladle ready to spoon hot boiling water into the onion-flour
mixture.
5.
Using
the ladle, slowly pour in water as you whisk (around 1 ½ to 2 cups of water).
6.
Turn
heat on high, throw in the bouillon cube, and pour in milk. Whisk again.
7.
Bring
to a boil and allow to reduce until thick. Allow to simmer, whisking
occasionally to make sure it doesn’t stick.
8.
Cook
pasta. Reduce cooking time by 3 minutes as the pasta will cook for two minutes
in the sauce and 1 minute on the plate. Use about half a box of pasta. Give it
a stir and allow it to cook.
9.
Switch
burners to cook vegetables. Put a tablespoon of oil in the pan, throw in the
zucchini, and while it sautés drain the pasta and throw the bacon into the
zucchini. Then throw the pasta in the pan and mix.
10. Next pour the sauce into the
pasta and mix together. Add the nutritional yeast and pepper.
11. Reduce heat to low and cover one
minute. Last, throw in the peas, mix, and serve.
This sounds sooo good! I don't like ham so this seems like a great alternative. What exactly are the benefits of Nutritional Yeast and where would I find it?
ReplyDeleteWell, for one, it helps give food a cheesy taste, but it's also very good for you! It is a great source of B vitamins, which are essential to take if you are on a vegan diet. I find mine in the natural foods section of my grocery store, usually around where the spices and such are. You can also do the recipe without the veggie bacon if you'd like.
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