Spaghetti Napolitan - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb spaghetti
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 lb white button mushrooms, trimmed thinly sliced
1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
1/4 lb cooked ham, cut into 1/4 inch thick strips about 2 inches long
1/4 lb long beans or 1/4 lb regular green beans, trimmed cut into 2 inch pieces
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup sake
5 tablespoons ketchup
1 teaspoon paprika
salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Tabasco sauce, for serving (optional)

Preparation

Melt butter in a 6-qt saucepan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are golden brown (10-12 minutes).
Add ham to mushroom and onion mixture and cook until lightly browned (6-8 minutes). While ham, mushroom and onion mixture is cooking, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When water is at a rolling boil, add spaghetti and cook until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Once ham mixture is browned, stir in long beans, milk, sake, ketchup, paprika, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Once bean mixture is at a boil, cook, stirring occasionally, until beans are just tender (3 minutes). Add reserved spaghetti to saucepan and toss in sauce to coat. Cook until pasta is warmed through (1-2 minutes).
Divide spaghetti and sauce between serving bowls. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve with Tabasco, if you like.