pancetta and brussels sprouts pasta
My always go to comfort is pasta. Creamy pasta with little to no meat. It just always feels so right.
My kids and I love brussels sprouts, so I feel like I am always looking for other ways to cook them besides roasting in the oven. So in order to make this pasta have like 3% of healthiness to it, I added them here. Ha!
Ingredients:
5 oz pancetta
1 lb pasta
1 stick butter
2 cups chopped brussels
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 cups heavy cream
2 tsp slap ya mama
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1.5-2 cups parmesan cheese
10 oz sliced mushrooms
Directions:
Cut the ends of the brussels sprouts and cut in half or into fourths
In a medium pan, start cooking down your pancetta
Once it is browned, add your butter and scrape off the goodness stuck to the pan
Add the sliced mushrooms
Add your garlic and cook until fragrant
Add the chicken broth to deglaze the pan even more
Add the heavy cream and bring to a boil
Add cheese
Add pasta back to the pan and turn off heat
Stir around the pasta until all coated with cream