Recipe: Pasta carbonara

Syns
Syn free on EE if using the Philadelphia as HEb and the pitta as HEa

Ingredients
An onion, diced
A handful of mushrooms (chestnut mushrooms work better than normal ones), quartered
2 or 3 cloves of garlic, diced
3 or 4 bacon medallions, fat removed and chopped
2 or 3 tablespoons of quark
2 x 35g tubs of Philadelphia Light per person
Fry light
Pasta


Method

1. Add some garlic (or garlic flakes or ground garlic), a few sprays of fry light olive oil and some black pepper to a pan of boiling water then add the pasta and cook according to the packet instructions.
2. Put a frying pan on a high heat then fry the onions and garlic in fry light until soft.
3. Add the mushrooms to the onions and fry until soft.
4. Add the bacon to the mushrooms and onions and fry until cooked.
5. Drain the pasta, then add in the bacon mixture and stir until well mixed.
6. In the (now empty) frying pan, add in the Philadelphia and quark and stir until the mixture darkens having taken on some of the flavour of the bacon, onion and mushrooms.
7. Add the Philadelphia sauce to the pasta and stir until coated.
8. Serve with salad or superfree veg and a wholemeal pitta rubbed with garlic then grilled.