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Carbonara Sicilia - The Breakfast Pasta  

8 slices of bacon (diced) (You can use diced cappicola instead - sweet or hot)
1 cup sliced brown mushrooms (actually ANY type of mushroom will work, 
   but each kind will make the dish taste different -- I like brown mushrooms 
   because they give it a wilder flavor) 
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup diced red pepper
1 cup grated Parmesan or Asiago cheese
1 egg - VERY FRESH!
1/2 cup of heavy cream
2 TBSN of butter
l cup fresh chopped parsley
fresh ground pepper and salt to taste
Dash of nutmeg
1 pound of fetticine or linguine (some people like to use spaghetti 
    - I think a flat pasta holds the sauce better on this one!) 

Fry and drain bacon.
Brown mushrooms and peppers while the pasta is cooking.
Drain and rinse pasta in hot running water.
Return pasta to pan and immediately break raw egg into it and mix thoroughly; 
add butter, cream, bacon, peppers, parsley, nutmeg. Mix thoroughly again.   
Add cheese. Mix again.
Salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy!

Keep the faith,
Mary Sicilia
Puddle City, OR

P.S. This dish is definitely a TRUE artery clogger!  The Haglund refers to it as 
"The Heart Attack Special."  You < can > use ingredients that are "better for you" 
- margerine instead of butter, egg substitute, lowfat milk, lean ham instead of bacon, 
reduced fat cheese --- but it will be a dish of another ball game when you do that.  
My healthy living suggestion: only eat it as outlined above on very special occasions.  
The rest of the time, have oatmeal instead.

From: MaryRobin 
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 
Subject: Re: Breakfast Recipes!!!!!!!!!