Tagliatelle with Prosciutto and Radicchio Recipe

1 pound fettucine -- or tagliatelle

6 1/2 ounces prosciutto -- or turkey bacon

1 tablespoon canola oil -- butter flavored

1 tablespoon virgin olive oil

6 tablespoons basil leaves -- shredded

1 large radicchio -- head, shredded

salt and pepper -- to taste 3 tablespoons asiago Cheese -- shavings

PASTA POT - cook pasta until al dente. Drain well. Toss with butter flavored canola. LARGE SKILLET or WOK - Fry prosciutto or bacon until crisp; add a little olive oil, as needed, to prevent sticking.

Option #1: Combine the herb(s), radicchio, cheese, pepper and meat in a serving bowl and toss. Add hot "buttered" pasta and toss. Distribute servings to heated bowls. Top with cheese.

Option #2: Push meat aside in the wok or skillet and stir fry radicchio and herbs for about 3 minutes, until just wilted and the "cranberry" color darkens ("maroon"). Add the pasta to the wok. Toss. Salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a heated serving bowl. Top with cheese: some shavings, some grated.

VARIATIONS: __Any long stranded pasta. __Harlequin pasta: plain, beet and spinach. __Equal amounts of linguine and angel hair. Note the different cooking times on package. __Shorten the pasta: break length in two. __Equal amounts of fresh basil, or lemon basil and fresh tarragon. __Good quality turkey bacon instead of prosciutto. Cut bacon into squarish pieces; then fry. [patH at mcRecipe 30 Au 96]