Straw and Hay Carbonara

Straw and Hay Carbonara(Mike's version)

Ingredients

  • 4oz/125g dried or 8oz/250g fresh plain fettuccine
  • 4oz/125g dried or 8oz/250g fresh spinach fettuccine
  • 1oz/30g sliced scallions (spring onions)
  • 4oz/125g finely chopped red or green capsicum (pepper)
  • 3 tablespoons of butter or margarine
  • 6oz/185g fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
  • 6oz/185g fresh regular mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 cup/8 fl oz/250ml light (single) or heavy (double) cream
  • quarter cpu/1 oz/30g grated Parmesan cheese
  • pepper
  • 4-5 slices of sliced'n'diced ham
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 5-6 sticks of sliced'n'diced asparagus
  • 1 cup of peas
  • spices (cayenne pepper, paprika, pepper)

    Cooking Instructions:

    In a large pasta pot, cook the fettuccine. Do it the way you normally do it.

    Meanwhile, in a large frying pan...or saucepan, cook and stir scallions, capsicum, asparagus, peas in hot butter over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add mushrooms and shiitake, spices to taste; cook and stir for 2 minutes more, or until vegetables are tender. Stir in cream, egg and a little sour cream and heat though, but do not let boil. Hopefully the pasta is cooked now...or you have a problem.

    Drain pasta, serve pasta and drench with the carbonara sauce you just finished cooking.