How to prepare Carbonara (pinoy's white spaghetti)

What is carbonara?  Carbonara is an Italian pasta recipe filled with creamy sauce topped with ham,cheese,tuna and mushroom.

I've been a fan of this Italian dish ever since the first time i tasted it. Before, I just knew a classic Pinoy style spaghetti but when I tasted carbonara, I started to love this pasta recipe. Creamy, tasty, and very delicious. It's so easy to do this, you can use a classic spaghetti pasta or the flat pasta specially designed for carbonara.

Ingredients:

1 kg. spaghetti pasta

4 cans/250 ml evaporated milk

2 cans/250 ml all purpose cream

2 cans/200 g.mushroom

1 big white onion chopped

4 pcs. garlic minced

100g. butter

100g. quick melt cheese

500 g. ham

2 cans/180g tuna

1 tsp. fine black pepper

1 tsp. iodized salt

Procedure:

- Add the spaghetti pasta in a boiling water. Cook for 20 minutes drain and set aside.

- On a pan, melt the butter in a medium heat then add garlic.Wait until the garlic becomes brownish.

- Add onion.

- Add the ham and tuna and cook for 2 minutes.

- Add mushroom.

- On the other side of the pan, heat the quick melt cheese until it melts.Stir.

- Add the evaporated milk and all purpose cream. Mix well.

- Season to taste ( Adjust seasoning if needed)

- Boil for 5 minutes or until the sauce becomes sticky.

-Mix the right amount of sauce to the pasta and serve.

Enjoy your Carbonara!

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