Pasta with Homemade Sauce
Quick, easy and delicious!
Difficulty Level: easy
Ingredients
- This is a fairly simple recipe to make and doesn’t take much preparation or time. It tastes great even though there aren’t many ingredients involved. The homemade sauce also serves as a nice change from many of these similar recipes which use cream instead. This is my first recipe I’ve ever written up or submitted, plus, I’m no expert on food or cooking, so if you spot any mistakes, or get food poisoning, I apologize. Enjoy.
- Time: Approx. 15-25 Minutes
- What you will need:
- 2 Saucepans
- 1 Frying pan
- Colander/Sieve
- Chopping board
- Ingredients:
- 2-3 Full Cups of Pasta
- 1-2 Tablespoons of Cooking Oil
- 4-5 Strips of Rindless Bacon
- 7-10 golf-ball-sized White Mushrooms
- 1 Tablespoon of Butter
- 3-4 Tablespoons of Flour
- 200 grams of grated Cheddar Cheese (half of the block)
- Half a glass of Milk
Instructions
Pasta
Get a saucepan, pour in the water and bring it to the boil. Add a bit of salt, stir and throw in the pasta. Cooking time will differ on the type of spaghetti – however, in general it takes around 8-10 minutes to cook them, but check after 5 minutes to be sure.
–> Whilst the pasta is cooking, start preparing the sauce.
Preparing the Sauce
Place the saucepan onto the hob on a low gas-mark (1-3), then throw in the butter and stir until it melts. Once the butter has melted, slowly sprinkle the flour into the pan whilst mixing at all times. After a few seconds of mixing you should end up with a fine, golden sand-like texture (no lumps). The next step is to pour the milk in and add the grated cheese into the saucepan. Remember, keep stirring! Once the cheese melts, and you are satisfied with the consistency of the sauce, you can take it off the hob.
Note: if the sauce is too thick then add a bit more milk to it. If it’s too runny then add more cheese or flour to get the balance that suits you.
Place the frying pan onto the hob on a high gas-mark and pour in the oil. While it’s heating up, wash the mushrooms and slice them into strips (not too thin), and do the same with the bacon. Chuck the two ingredients into the pan and stir from time to time to ensure it doesn’??t stick or burn. Once the mushrooms/bacon turns into a dark brown/golden colour they are ready to be added into the sauce we made earlier. Simply slide the ingredients off of the frying pan into the saucepan where the sauce is and mix it in.
Finally, add the sauce mixture to the spaghetti and enjoy!
Bon Appetit!
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