Carbonara

A proper Italian Carbonara.

A quick and easy pasta dish, using fresh ingredients.

Ingredients

  • Spaghetti (80g per person)
  • Pancetta
  • 60g Parmesan
  • 2 large eggs

Method

  1. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add a little salt.
  2. Once the water is boiling. Add the pasta.
  3. Put a medium frying pan on a medium-high heat. Add the pancetta and gently fry.
  4. Whilst the Pancetta and Pasta are cooking. Crack one egg into a mug and whisk gently with a fork. Add only the Yolk of the second egg.
  5. Add 50g of the parmesan to the egg mixture, gently whisk and add some black pepper for seasoning.
  6. Take some of the starchy pasta water out of the pan and set aside for later.
  7. Once the pasta and pancetta are cooked to your liking, drain the water away from the pasta. Add the pasta to the pancetta pan and turn the heat down.
  8. Stir the pancetta through the pasta and take off the heat.
  9. After 2 minutes, the pasta and pancetta will have cooled and you are ready to add the egg and cheese mixture.
  10. Add a little bit of the starchy water to the egg mixture to loosen it up a bit. Pour the egg mixture over the pasta and stir.
  11. The heat from the pasta should cook the egg and melt the parmesan to create a silky light sauce.
  12. Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan and a twist of black pepper.