Spaghetti Carbonara Vegetarian, Recipe for without Bacon Pasta
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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer, cookbook author and blogger.
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At this point I would like to present you my Spaghetti Carbonara Vegetarian Recipe.
The traditional Italian pasta dish sensationally prepared with tofu and mushrooms.
Pasta is definitely a feel-good meal and this dish with egg and cream always makes me happy.
I eat meat-free more and more often, partly for health reasons and partly for animal welfare reasons.
That’s why I have modified the traditional Italian dish for all those who feel the same way.
After several attempts I have come to the following variant. The taste of the dish is very close to the original.
I often and gladly use smoked tofu as a meat substitute, if it is necessary for the good taste at all.
Smoked tofu is so to speak my miracle substitute for bacon & co and I always have some in the fridge.
Shall we chat in the kitchen? I wish you success and a good appetite.
Table of Contents
1. Basic Knowledge about Spaghetti Carbonara Vegetarian
There are a few points that are important for your pasta dish. Let’s start with the pasta:
- Be generous and buy a good pasta made from durum wheat. It doesn’t have to be manufactured goods, but should meet your quality standards. You are worth it…
- Tip: Pasta di bronzo has a rougher surface and flatters the sauce and the palate 🙂
- When cooking spaghetti, please use a really large pot, because the spaghetti should float in boiling water.
- Real dough-Italians swim in the sea. You should therefore make your pasta water taste like sea water with the addition of salt.
- Cook your pasta “al dente”
Then I would like to give you a few hints for the curdling of the egg-cream mixture on the noodles:
- Roast your tofu mushroom in the pan, this gives taste.
- I add a touch of garlic depending on the mood of the day…
- Put the boiled and well drained spaghetti in it and pour the egg-cream mixture over it.
- Leave it to stand in the pan for a while and then stir it with the large wooden spoon so that the egg gets all over the noodles.
- Add grated Parmesan/Pecorino to the pan and serve quickly.
Cream is a popular point of discussion at the Carbonara. Ornella from Milan showed me her family recipe with cream, with little cream!
2. Recipe Spaghetti Carbonara Vegetarian
Spaghetti Carbonara Vegetarian
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Simple tutorial for spaghetti carbonara vegetarian without bacon.
Ingredients
| 250 | g | spaghetti |
| 80 | g | smoked tofu |
| 80 | g | Champignons (mushrooms) |
| 1 | pc | clove of garlic |
| 1-2 | tbs | oliv oil |
| 3 | pc | eggs |
| 1 | tbs | Cream |
| 60 | g | finely grated parmesan (or pecorino) |
| 4 | pinches | Salt |
| 3 | pinches | Pepper |
| 2 | pinches | dried chilli (chili powder or chili flakes) |
Instruction
Prepare Spaghetti
Place a large pot with plenty of water on top and bring to the boil.
Salt the spaghetti water well – it should taste like sea water.
Put the spaghetti into the boiling water and cook it until it is firm to the bite, depending on the thickness of the spaghetti 6-10 minutes.
In between stir once with a wooden spoon.
Pour the cooked spaghetti into a sieve and shake well.
Prepare tufo
Cut smoked tofu into fine cubes.
Prepare Mushrooms
Clean and slice the mushrooms.
Fry tofu
Fry the diced tofu and mushrooms plus a finely chopped clove of garlic in olive oil.
Remove the garlic from the pan later.
Prepare Eggs
Mix eggs, cream, finely chopped parsley, dried chilli, salt and pepper in a bowl.
Add ingredients
Add spaghetti to the tofu and mushrooms in the pan.
Add the cream-egg mixture and mix briefly on the stove.
Add Cheese
Add grated parmesan or pecorino (caution, salty!)
Serve
Arrange the Spaghetti Carbonara quickly on warm plates or in bowls, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle some more Parmesan cheese.
If you like, add pesto genovese or wild garlic pesto as a supplement.
Bon appetite!
Video
The pesto does not come on the plate in the original! I have tried the dish with both types of pesto and find it simply exciting. Just try this variation and enjoy it…
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3. Calories and Nutritional Values
4. Tip: Combine Pesto with Spaghetti Carbonara Vegetarian
Homemade pesto, how that goes I show you another post.
Of course, this is not part of the recipe for you here and also not mandatory. It is therefore rather “the cherry on the cream”:
- If you have more time in advance, I recommend my recipe suggestion for Pesto Genovese, the green classic.
- In the wild garlic season I already give times wild garlic pesto as a topping on the pasta!
- Exciting: carrot green pesto tastes particularly fine and delicious!
5. More Ideas for Do-It-Yourself Cooking
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Mediterranean Pasta Salad
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Spaghetti Vongole Recipe with Original Tips from Italy
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Ham Noodles Vegetarian, a Simple Pasta Dish
Carrot Greens Pesto Recipe
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