These bacon cups offer a unique way of serving creamy spaghetti for a wonderful main meal. The presentation of this dish is elegant enough to serve for a dinner party as part of a multi-course meal, and everyone will love the combination of the pasta, sliced mushrooms, and smoky bacon.
To make the bacon cups, bacon is wrapped around the base of a glass before being baked in the oven. Then, once solid, garlic and mushrooms are sautéed before being mixed with heavy cream and spaghetti. Finally, the bacon cups get filled with the spaghetti and garnished with parmesan and basil before serving.
What are Bacon Cups?
These bacon cups are filled with mushroom pasta for a main dish. The bacon cups are made with bacon strips that are wrapped around the base of a glass before being baked in the oven until solid.
Pro Tips
- For the best results, use a glass that has straight edges so that you get bacon cups that have straight edges as well.
- Allow the bacon cups to cool after baking them as they will firm up and become stable enough to fill with the pasta.
- Feel free to use your favourite mushrooms such as white mushrooms or cremini mushrooms.
- Instead of spaghetti, you could use another long-shaped pasta such as fettuccine or angel hair.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Use Chicken or Turkey Bacon?
Unfortunately, chicken or turkey bacon likely won’t bake up the same as pork bacon, as they don’t have as much fat and won’t crisp up sufficiently to form the cups.
Can I Add Other Ingredients to the Pasta?
Absolutely! Feel free to add other ingredients such as baby spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, olive, fresh herbs, and more.
Can I Use Different Pasta?
Yes, you could really use any pasta that has a long shape such as linguine, fettuccine, or angel hair.
How to Store Bacon Cups
These bacon cups are best eaten as soon as they are made, but if you have some left over, you can place them in sealed containers in the fridge. They should keep for up to 3 to 4 days, and can then be warmed up in either the microwave or oven.
Ingredients
How to Make Bacon Cups
Tightly wrap the bacon strips around the base of some glasses. Bake them in a 374 F (190 C) oven for 15 minutes. Allow them to cool before removing the bacon cups from the glasses.
Tightly wrap the bacon strips around the base of some glasses. Bake them in a 374 F (190 C) oven for 15 minutes. Allow them to cool before removing the bacon cups from the glasses.
Heat the oil in a pan. Add the garlic and mushrooms, and saute them for 10 minutes. Stir in the cream.
Heat the oil in a pan. Add the garlic and mushrooms, and saute them for 10 minutes. Stir in the cream.
Cook the spaghetti in a pot of boiling salted water until it is al dente. Strain it and add it to the mushrooms, adding a few tablespoons of pasta water.
Cook the spaghetti in a pot of boiling salted water until it is al dente. Strain it and add it to the mushrooms, adding a few tablespoons of pasta water.
Fill the bacon cups with the spaghetti, and garnish them with the parmesan and basil.
Fill the bacon cups with the spaghetti, and garnish them with the parmesan and basil.
Serve immediately!
Serve immediately!
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