Spaghetti alla Carbonara
With just a few ingredients, this classic version of Spaghetti alla Carbonara is so quick and easy to make and totally delicious, too! A big family favorite!
Ingredients
- 12 oz (3/4 lb) Spaghetti noodles,
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4-5 (about 4 oz) strips of Guanciale (Italian Bacon), pancetta or regular streaky Bacon, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 3 large eggs at room temperature, if cold, place eggs in hot water until they warm-up to room temp)
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper, to taste
- fresh parsley, chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Boil enough water to cook the Spaghetti. Follow the manufacturer’s directions or cook until al dente.
- In the meantime, get a large oven-proof bowl and warm it up inside a 250F oven.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat the olive oil in a medium frying pan. Sauté the garlic and the bacon in oil.
- Cook until the bacon browns and renders its fat. Remove the garlic and keep the bacon and its drippings hot until needed.
- Once the pasta and bacon are ready, get the hot bowl out of the oven using hand mittens. Break the eggs into the bowl and blend it with the parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Drain the hot pasta and quickly mix it with the egg/cheese mixture. Get the bacon and its drippings and pour it over. I simply eyeball how much grease to add. The amount of bacon drippings to use is up to you. Perhaps 3-4 tablespoons to begin with if you want a dryer pasta and simply add more to your liking.
- Mix well and adjust the seasonings, if needed. The eggs would be cooked by the heat from the pasta and bacon drippings (so it’s necessary to ensure that both are still hot when stirred in). Serve immediately with extra parmesan cheese to pass around! Garnish with a little chopped fresh parsley. Comfort food deliciousness!
Notes
TIPS & TRICKS
IMPORTANT! The key here is to get everything ready for mixing. Once the bacon and pasta are both cooked and ready – it’s really just a matter of mixing everything together so it doesn’t take too long to make it. The eggs would be cooked by the hot pasta and bacon drippings. The warmed-up bowl will help ensure that as well plus with that, you can enjoy the pasta warm throughout dinner time.
You can double the amount of bacon (for more bacon pieces to eat, but only use a small portion of the bacon grease – just enough to moisten the pasta and use the remaining grease for making fried rice!)
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