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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 14^th 2020

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 400 g pasta
2 1 tablespoon olive oil
3 125 g small pieces of bacon
4 200 ml liquid cream
5 2 tablespoons French mustard
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 770 grams

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17 min.	17 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 8 min.

Pasta with mustard-cream sauce : Photo of step #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 : Photo of step #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.

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When the lardons are nicely done, add 200 ml liquid cream and 2 tablespoons French mustard, mix and deglaze the bottom of the pan.

Leave on low heat to thicken.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

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Tip the contents of the frying pan into the pasta, mix well and check the seasoning. Reheat gently if necessary.

Stage 5

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,756 Kcal or 11,539 Kj	69 gr	279 gr	152 gr
138 %	27 %	26 %	23 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
358 Kcal or 1,499 Kj	9 gr	36 gr	20 gr
18 %	3 %	3 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
689 Kcal or 2,885 Kj	17 gr	70 gr	38 gr
34 %	7 %	7 %	6 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.15 €
Per person : 0.54 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Pasta: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pasta with mushrooms, How to cook pasta properly, Sunday night pasta, Tuna pasta, Spaghetti with mushrooms, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croque-monsieur complet, Flaked almond tart, Artichoke hearts forestier , Bourguignon potatoes , Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Artichoke hearts forestier , Warm haricot bean salad, African style chicken, Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Green beans with tomatoes, ... All
	French mustard: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicano burger, Endive and walnut salad, Beurre d'escargot, Caesar salad, Mustard baps, ... All

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