Calorie Cutting Carbonara
Ingredients (serves two):
1 large avocado, very ripe
About 10 mushrooms, sliced
2 garlic cloves
6 good quality smoked streaky bacon rashers, cubed (used because far fewer calories than pancetta. Check your bacon is British and is not pumped full of water if buying from a supermarket as I doubt the recipe will work - would make it too wet)
2-3 large courgettes
30g pecorino or parmesan, very finely grated. Weigh your cheese, dont estimate it as this is a big calorie hiding place.
Tbsp olive oil
Squeeze of lemon juice
Method:
I now have a spiralizer with which to make my courgetti, which is excellent. If you do not, you'll have to do it the laborious way which is explained here. Set aside your courgetti or courgette ribbons on a piece of kitchen towel to soak up any moisture.
Make the sauce by blending one of the garlic cloves with the olive oil in a food processor. Add the scooped out avocado and lemon juice and blend until smooth and creamy.
Using a large dry pan, add your sliced mushrooms. Once they get a bit of heat to them add in the bacon, which will provide enough fat to continue cooking the mushrooms, and once crispy add in the other garlic clove (chopped) taking care not to burn it as there is nothing worse than that acrid taste. Toss the courgetti through before finally adding the sauce on a low heat just to warm it through - you do not want to cook the avocado. To serve you can feel free to add plenty of the (weighed) grated cheese, safe in the knowledge the whole dish is only 450 cals. We had ours with a little rocket and tomato salad. New fave dish.
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