Pasta with mustard-cream sauce
Simple and quick to make, this is a delicious pasta recipe using lardons with a mustard-flavoured cream sauce.
40K 6 3.8
Last modified on: June 14th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
400 g pasta - 2
1 tablespoon olive oil - 3
125 g small pieces of bacon - 4
200 g liquid cream - 5
2 tablespoons French mustard - 6
salt - 7
pepper - Total weight: 770 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 17 min. | 17 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 8 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
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.
Fry until lightly browned.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
When the lardons are nicely done, add 200 g liquid cream and 2 tablespoons French mustard, mix and deglaze the bottom of the pan.
Leave on low heat to thicken.
Leave on low heat to thicken.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Tip the contents of the frying pan into the pasta, mix well and check the seasoning. Reheat gently if necessary.
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.
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
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 2.15 €
- Per person : 0.54 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Pasta: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spaghetti with mushrooms, Penne with Mushrooms, Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, Pasta with mushrooms, Sunday night pasta, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turban of sole with langoustines, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Chocolate sauce, Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Crispy spinach rolls, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Bacon rolls, Artichoke hearts forestier , ... All |
 | French mustard: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Beurre d'escargot, Leek and broccoli "à la flamande", Spiced butternut gratin, Tomato tart, Celeriac in cream and mustard sauce, ... All |
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