This recipe is made by Gary Frank Davis.
Ingredients
- 12 oz pasta I use spaghetti or linguine
- 3 eggs
- 6-8 slices bacon
- 1 bunch scallions
- 2 Bell peppers pick your colors
- 12 ounces crimini or button mushrooms
- ½ cup black olives sliced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 oz romano or parmesan cheese grated
- 4 Basil leaves fresh
Instructions
- Whisk eggs in a large bowl and add grated cheese until the mixture is grainy. Set aside.
- Start boiling water for pasta. Once the water reaches a rolling boil, add the pasta.
- In a large skillet, start cooking bacon. When fully cooked, remove it from the skillet, cut it into small pieces, and set aside.
- Slice vegetables into half-inch pieces and cut peppers crosswise.
- After removing the bacon, add garlic cloves and scallions to the skillet and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Then, add the peppers and herbs and sauté for another 3-4 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, olives, and the cooked bacon to the skillet, and sauté for 4-5 minutes.
- Drain the cooked pasta, reserving 2 tablespoons of the pasta water, and add the pasta to the egg mixture. Stir until the pasta is coated and the heat from the pasta cooks the egg. Fold in the reserved pasta water.
- Combine the contents of the skillet with the pasta mixture. Stir well and serve, garnished with chopped parsley.
I don’t know about cooking bacon first, can’t you just put everything in at once? Seems unnecessary.
Bacon and pasta? Wow! I like it even more than my mom’s recipe! Quick and yum!
This recipe sounds amazing! Bacon and pasta together is a match made in heaven. Can’t wait to try it!
Pasta good.
I made this for dinner, but my kids didn’t like the olives. Guess I’ll leave those out next time!
My kids also hate olives! I just leave them out too. Glad you enjoyed the recipe otherwise!
Olives are nasty! I don’t know why anyone puts them in food. But this pasta sounds good without them!
This is the best pasta recipe I’ve ever tried! The flavors are perfect.
I’m only giving it 2 stars because the instructions are not clear. What’s with the weird pasta water step?
Dude, where’s the sauce? This looks dry, do we have to add something else?
Great combo of flavors, but my mushrooms were slimy. Make sure you get fresh ones!
Isn’t this just carbonara? Why complicate a classic? Seems unnecessary.
aboslutely loved it! I will make it again Jamie style
I made this for my family and they loved it! The mushrooms are a great touch. Will make again!
Spaghetti, linguine, what’s the big diff? It’s all pasta, right?! LOL
Yum! I added some extra spices and it was bomb! Thanks, Gary!
This recipe looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it! 😍
Thanks! It’s really good! Let me know how it turns out! 😊
Yummy! But I used too much cheese. Must measure next time.
I think cheese is great! More cheese = more flavor, right? But I guess measuring is important too. 🤷♀️
Followed the instructions exactly and it was a disaster! 😭 The eggs just scrambled instead of coating the pasta. Never again!
This looks complicated but I think I can do it. Just need to make sure I watch the pasta!
Why are you worried about the pasta? Just boil it like usual. It ain’t rocket science!
Cooking pasta can be tricky! Just keep an eye on it and you should be golden. Good luck!
Pasta too oily for me. Next time I’ll cut down on the bacon…. or maybe use turkey bacon?!
Turkey bacon is a good idea! It can help with the oiliness. I usually do that for a lighter dish.