Pasta with mustard-cream sauce


Pasta with mustard-cream sauce
Simple and quick to make, this is a delicious pasta recipe using lardons with a mustard-flavoured cream sauce.
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Last modified on: June 14th 2020
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Cooking: 20 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 8 min.
Pasta with mustard-cream sauce : Stage 1
Cook 400 g Pasta, then drain and put back in the empty saucepan. Drizzle with a little olive oil, mix, then cover and set aside.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.
Pasta with mustard-cream sauce : Stage 2
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a small frying pan on high heat. When hot, add 125 g small pieces of bacon.

Fry until lightly browned.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pasta with mustard-cream sauce : Stage 3
When the lardons are nicely done, add 200 ml liquid cream and 2 tablespoons mustard, mix and deglaze the bottom of the pan.

Leave on low heat to thicken.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pasta with mustard-cream sauce : Stage 4
Tip the contents of the frying pan into the pasta, mix well and check the seasoning. Reheat gently if necessary.

Stage 5
Pasta with mustard-cream sauce : Stage 5
Serve without delay.
Remarks
A slurp of Noilly Prat in with the cream adds extra interest to the sauce.

You will see that the mustard is an effective thickening agent, meaning you will not have long to wait at stage 3.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe70 RDI=30 %280 RDI=30 %150 RDI=20 %2,760 RDI=140 %11,540 RDI: 140 %
Per 100 g8 RDI=3 %40 RDI=3 %20 RDI=3 %360 RDI=20 %1,500 RDI: 20 %
Per person20 RDI=7 %70 RDI=7 %40 RDI=6 %690 RDI=30 %2,890 RDI: 30 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, egg, milk, mustard
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 2.20 €
  • Per person : 0.55 €

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