Irish Beer Bacon Alfredo Sauce Recipes

ALFREDO SAUCE WITH BACON

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1-2 minutes. Add the flour to the pan and cook, stirring constantly, until the flour is incorporated. While stirring, slowly add the half and half. Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue to stir frequently until the sauce thickens, about 15-20 minutes. Add the parmesan cheese and stir until the cheese melts. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the bacon and parsley. Serve immediately over your favorite cooked pasta.

IRISH BEER & BACON ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Please note this is a double recipe. Original recipe was for half of package, but I made the entire package. This is the package of pasta I used for the recipe.
• Cut bacon into 1/2 inch pieces and saute over medium high heat until fully cooked, remove from skillet, place on paper towel to drain. Carefully discard the bacon fat. These are the ingredients used in recipe. NOTE: SINCE I DIDN'T NEED THE BACON FAT IN THE RECIPE, I CHOSE INSTEAD TO COOK MY BACON IN THE MICROWAVE FOR LESS MESS & BROKE IT UP INTO SMALL PIECES.
• POUR THE BEER INTO A LARGE SAUCE PAN AND COOK IT FOR 4 MINUTES.
• Now add the heavy cream & cook for about 5 minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken. IMPORTANT- Please keep pan to a LOW simmer, or the cream will coagulate (separate).
• Once sauce is thickened add the butter.
• Now add the cheese and parsley & stir until the butter melts. Remove from heat& add the chopped/cooked bacon.
• Cook pasta in hot boiling water for 4 minutes and drain.
• Spoon sauce over pasta, serve and enjoy.

ROASTED GARLIC & BACON ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook linguine until just barely tender, then drain, rinse, and set aside.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat.
• Add cream cheese to the melted butter (this is to help thicken the sauce, if you omit it you'll have to spend more time simmering the sauce to thicken it) and stir until melted.
• Slowly stir in the heavy cream then add remaining ingredients while continuing to stir until well blended.
• The longer you stir and simmer, the thicker the sauce will become; the preference is yours.
• Toss sauce with the linguine, sprinkle parsley over the top and serve warm.
• If you don't know how to roast garlic I'm sure you'll find an excellent recipe here on Zarr; for a 'meaty' meal, try adding cooked shrimp, chicken, crab, or mushrooms.