carbonara
serves: NaN
calories: 586
Ingredients
- 200g spaghetti
- 2 eggs
- 2 rashers smoked back bacon
- 25g parmesan cheese
- ½ tbsp olive oil
Method
- Put the spaghetti onto boil.
- Cut the bacon into wee bits and fry in a large frying pan until golden and crispy. If it's ready before your pasta, just remove from heat.
- Meanwhile, whisk the eggs in a small bowl, mix with 20g of parmesan and some salt and black pepper and set aside.
- Once the pasta is cooked, use some tongs and remove from the water and put straight into the pan with the bacon. Keep the pasta water!
- Combine so that the cooking oil coats the pasta.
- On a very low heat, add the egg mixture and stir continuously. If it's too hot, your eggs will scramble.
- Add pasta water a little at a time to the spaghetti and keep stirring until you get a glossy and luxurious sauce. You may end up using around 1 small mugful but keep adding until you get desired consistency.
- Serve with the remaining 5g parmesan grated on top and a grind of black pepper.