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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Creamy Tuna Carbonara




I love carbonara. It doesn’t look very glamorous on the table yet, it really has mild flavors that just melt in my mouth.

Ingredients:
3 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 can tuna chunks in oil
1 can button mushrooms (sliced thinly)
1 pc. Large white onion (minced)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 eggs
1 small can all purpose cream
¼ cup milk
½ cup grated parmesan cheese
1//4 cup cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper
Spaghetti

Procedure:

Prepare the sauce first before preparing the pasta. The heat of the pasta is essential to cook the eggs further. I’m very keen on egg safety these days as it is not good for preggy, hence, modified the standard procedure in making carbonara for safety reasons.

In a hot pan, add oil and sauté onions until wilted, but not brown, add garlic and continue sautéing in low-medium fire. Add Mushrooms and stir fry for about 1 minute until sides of the mushrooms turn brown. Add tuna and stir fry for another minute and season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat and set aside.

Mean while cook the spaghetti until al-dente while making the white sauce.

To make the white sauce:
In a DOUBLE BOILER,put all purpose cream,milk and eggs in a smaller pan. Cook over simmering water, whilst stirring constantly. Do not stop stirring while doing this because the eggs might scramble. The aim is cook the eggs without scrambling, so go on stirring until it becomes thick. Add the cheeses and stir. Add in the sautéed tuna and mushrooms, add the hot spaghetti and toss everything together.

Enjoy!

19 comments:

Kai said...

Great, I love carbonara but I have issues with pork (ham) and I usually have Muslim guests, so this is the best alternative to serve.

Thistlemoon said...

I love your take on Carbonara!

Welcome to The Foodie Blogroll!

Betty Carlson said...

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Mommy Jes said...

hi grace i love your blog, i dunno how to cok and i love to try ur recipes especially the tuna carbonara, i was really browsing for this and thanks god i found you! ill add you to my link list mine is http://ishiethan.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

thanks so much. i really need this recipe.i got all the ingredients.it had been stock on my fridge for days now,i just don't know how to cook it.i will try cooking this tomorrow.

Hazel said...

hi ma'am! i would like to ask what milk do i need to use for the tuna carbonara? thank you!

Grace Ediza Virlouvet said...

hazel, use evaporated milk.. :-)

Unknown said...

when i cooked the sauce, i am wondering why it is not creamy instead it is watery,pls help me.

Grace Ediza Virlouvet said...

angelo, did u put cheese? it will get sticky after the cheese melts.

rezzie said...

i love it....
hmmmm....delicious....kip it up...

Anonymous said...

hello gracE...i was really GlaD that i went ThrouGh ur blOG!!amazing foods..really mouTH watering...i tried cooking carbonaRa kanina nd i was happy for the result though kulang sa lasa hehe..i actually dunnO how to cook and tamad p..but u inspiRe me..THank u so much>>mwah!i'll gonna try ur recipes..kip it up girl =)

Anonymous said...

thank you thank you! just wat i was looking for. thanks a million for this post.

Anonymous said...

hi, it is okay if i don't put an egg in the sauce? or it is needed?thanks

Grace Ediza Virlouvet said...

Hi, u can skip the egg if u prefer, there's no rule to break :) enjoy

Anonymous said...

ms grace how many grams of pasta do i need for this recipe?

Grace Ediza Virlouvet said...

hi, sorry for the delay in my reply... for this recipe, i didnt measure how many grams, but i just estimated the pasta good for 2-3 people.. you may adjust the amount of other engredients if you wish to make it in a larger portion, like add more tuna and cream, and more galic and onions for more taste. hope that helps

jllo said...

Hi Grace! I just tried your Carbonara and it tasted good. Thank you so much. Jen

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