• Cajun Carbonara piled high with fried green tomato and bacon wrapped shrimp
    Cajun,  Main Dish,  Mardi Gras,  Pasta,  Seafood

    Cajun Shrimp Carbonara

    Cajun Shrimp Carbonara gets piled high with a fried green tomato and bacon wrapped shrimp with bits of corn, sugar peas and cherry tomatoes. I’ve been waiting all year for fried green tomatoes. I love the cornmeal crunch and that beautiful juicy green tomato fresh from the garden. It’s good served alone, but it’s even better served with mesquite smoked bacon wrapped shrimp and creamy Cajun carbonara. Carbonara is such a simple way to create a sauce for pasta and it’s so easy to transform with various herbs and spices. This time we went Southern, mostly because it pairs so perfectly with fried green tomatoes. How many people get a…