Alder-smoked ham and chestnut mushroom carbonara

Stormbringer · January 2018

We had some ham left over from the holidays that I'd smoked with alder wood (and applied a coating of chipotle and bourbon sauce, mixed with Dizzy Pig Crossroads). I made some carbonara with it ... it's not traditional but meh. I threw some asparagus in as well.

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2018/01/19/smoked-ham-and-mushroom-carbonara/

Plated shot:

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Cooking the ham and mushrooms:

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Mixing in the carbonara sauce with the pasta:

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Thanks for looking!

Stormbringer · January 2018

@Eoin / @TheToast (and anyone else UK based) I'd recommend checking out The Smokey Carter, I used their sauce for this. They're UK based, new (I think) and use decent ingredients. Tastes great too.