Creamy bacon carbonara

 

Comment – In Venice I tried a dish similar to this recipe, but it had pancetta. I wouldn’t have thought to combine pork with cream before, but I like the smokey flavor it adds to the sauce. I found this recipe online and love it. I use 2 cups cream, 1 tsp salt, and 1 cup parmesan with a pound of pasta. Other than that I followed the recipe exactly. Chopped pasley is a nice garnish for this dish.

 

Recipe

 

The picture below is a variation of the recipe with shrimp instead of bacon.

 

Bacon Wrapped Smokies

Comment – The combination of flavors in this recipe is delicious.  There is a smokey flavor from the meat and a sweet flavor that comes from the brown sugar. My sister gave me this recipe years ago and it always gets rave reviews.

Ingredients
1 pound sliced bacon, cut into thirds
1 (16 ounce) package little smokie sausages
3/4 cup brown sugar, or to taste
Toothpicks

Directions
Cut bacon into thirds. Wrap bacon around smokies and secure with toothpick. Arrange in cake pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over the top of bacon wrapped smokies and bake at 350 until sugar is melted – about 30 minutes. Can transfer to crock pot to keep warm or arrange on a platter for good presentation.