Easy Carbonara

Easy Carbonara

4.0 from 9 votes
Recipe by NZEggs Course: Lunch, DinnerCuisine: PastaDifficulty: Easy
Servings

5

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

20

minutes
Total time

35

minutes

Ingredients

  • Spaghetti or other pasta. (Approx 50gm of dried pasta per person is a general guide)

  • 6 eggs

  • 4 egg yolks

  • 1 cup freshly grated parmesan

  • 1 tsp salt (for the pasta water)

  • 4 rashers of rindless bacon, sliced into bite size pieces

  • Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  • Cook pasta in plenty of hot boiling salted water in a large pot.
  • While pasta cooks, combine all the eggs in a bowl
  • Cook the bacon in a deep frypan.
  • When pasta is cooked, drain, and then return it to the pan with the cooked bacon.
  • Remove from the heat.
  • Pour the egg mixture over the pasta in the pan, and gently stir to combine well and coat the pasta.
  • Add a generous grind of fresh black pepper.
  • Leave to stand for 1 min.
  • Serve with a generous sprinkle of grated parmesan on top.

Notes

  • Optional: You can adapt this recipe with garlic, peas and onion to create your own favourite Carbonara flavours.
  • The additional egg yolks in this recipe ensures the sauce is not too dry when coating the pasta.

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