Recipe: Delicious Beef bacon & asparagus carbonara

Beef bacon & asparagus carbonara. The key is the fat because it contributes both flavor and moisture. Since beef is leaner than pork, beef bacon can tend to be drier than pork bacon. Beef fat has a higher melting point than pork fat, so it can be chewy, and it won't crisp up as well.

Gwaltney Beef Bacon brings an authentic, rich flavor to breakfast, lunch, dinner and everything in between. This sliced bacon is cut from beef plate, providing an undeniably juicy and delicious flavor to each strip. This cured bacon is smoked to perfection. You can have Beef bacon & asparagus carbonara using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Beef bacon & asparagus carbonara

1. You need of Spaghetti or any pasta you prefer.
2. Prepare 2 of eggs (add more if you want your sauce extra silky).
3. It's 4 strips of beef bacon (with fat).
4. It's 100 grams of thin asparagus.
5. Prepare 1 tablespoon of butter.
6. You need 1/2 cup of grated parmesan.
7. You need of Salt.
8. It's of Freshly ground black pepper.
9. It's 1 cup of roughly chopped Italian parsley.

Beef bacon shares a number of characteristics with the more traditional pork bacon but is considerably lower in saturated fat. Both beef and pork bacon are fatty cuts of meat that are salted and smoked, or salted and dried. The meat is cut into thin slices and cooked in a pan on top of the stove. No sugar and no nitrates or nitrites added except for that found in celery juice powder or sea salt.

Beef bacon & asparagus carbonara instructions

1. Place your pasta in a pot of boiling salted water. Let that cook just before al dente while you prepare the other ingredients..
2. Cut up the beef bacon into smaller strips or cubes and toss it into another pan. Add some butter if you need more fat..
3. Chop the cleaned asparagus into thirds and throw them into the pan along with the beef bacon. Adding a dash of salt will brighten the greenness of the asparagus..
4. Break the eggs and separate the yolks from the whites. Place the yolks into a bowl and add parmesan cheese before mixing well..
5. When the pasta is almost al dente, remove it from the water and add it to the pan of beef bacon and asparagus. Mix well for about a minute - now this part is important - THEN TAKE IT OFF THE HEAT..
6. Pour in the yolks and cheese mixture and mix well so that the eggs don’t scramble. Finish it off with a dash of salt, pepper, chopped parsley..

Our beef bacon has become a well sought after product. Glad I found Beef Bacon I could not get the grocery store to keep in stock. I have to limit my pork intake and this is a good alternative if you need bacon in your life. I really like the taste and will be ordering more. I have fried it, backed it in the oven and microwaved it and all come out good.