Trying new recipes

Since my Aunt is back in Malaysia i had to cook my own dinner lately..
bright side of things are i get to try and invent new recipes..

One of the dishes i made that turn out pretty well.. even my class mates liked it is...

Penne pasta with Bechamel sauce ( a white sauce with a brown Roux)

Ingredients are:

100g of plain flour
100 of butter
1 ltr milk
sliced onions
strips of bacon
Parmesan cheese
finely chopped parsley
Penne pasta
sliced brussel sprout
sliced roman brown mushrooms
salt
and freshly cracked pepper

Method:

1. melt the butter in a hot pan and slowly add in plain flour to thicken the roux make sure that the butter to flour is 1:1 ratio..

2.than cook the roux for a little while till it turns slightly brown.. than add in the milk to the roux, constantly stirring the sauce

3. saute the onions,mushrooms and bacon ( you may sliced the bacon into pieces) and let it rest.

4. season the sauce with salt and fresh cracked pepper.

5. allow the sauce to simmer while you cook the penne pasta...

6. add in the Parmesan cheese and brussel sprouts into the sauce into the sauce while stirring the sauce

7.lastly plate the penne pasta with the sauce and top it with the sauted mushrooms, onions and bacon, sprinkle the fresh chopped parsley on the pasta ( you may also add the sautes items and chooped parsley to the simmering sauce, giving it a stir to spread it out evenly just before plating it.)

note: if the sauce is too rich you may add in some water to dilute it a little and also do not add too much salt to the dish as the Parmesan cheese is salty too..

this dish turned out pretty good for me and my class mates, it is similar to a carbonara sauce, and im not sure if this recipe even exsisted before i just created this dish out of my mind after having a kitchen studies class about sauces and stocks... enjoy..

Ps: kc you can try making this dish to impress your GIRLS...