Recipe: Appetizing Spaghetti carbonara
Spaghetti carbonara.
You can cook Spaghetti carbonara using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Spaghetti carbonara
- Prepare 230 gm of Spaghetti.
- Prepare 250 gm of Parmesan.
- You need 3 tbsp of Olive oil.
- Prepare 6 of Eggs (4 yolks only, 2 full eggs).
- You need 160 gm of pancetta/ bacon.
- It's 3 tsp of pepper.
- It's 2 tsp of salt.
Spaghetti carbonara step by step
- Finely grate parmesan. Set quarter portion aside for later..
- Whisk eggs in a bowl until no strands are left. Add 3/4 parmesan to bowl and whisk again..
- Chop pancetta/ bacon strips into small chunks..
- In a large container, heat water on medium flame. Add 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp olive oil. Add spaghetti to container and boil until almost al dente. This should take about 7-9 minutes. (Keep an eye on container and avoid bringing pasta to al dente point as further cooking is pending..
- Strain water and pasta set aside in two separate bowls for further use..
- In a different container, heat 3 tbsp of oil over medium heat. Add pancetta chunks until they have turned crispy brown. Keep stirring occasionally This should take about 7- 8 minutes. ) Set only 1 tbsp oil aside for later use and scoop pancetta chunks and set aside..
- Using the same oil and container, add a little more than 1 cup of reserved/ strained pasta water from earlier and heat on medium flame. Add pasta and cook, stirring continuously, until al dente. Turn off flame..
- To the egg + cheese mix, add 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water and 1 tbsp of oil fat. Turn flame on, and add this mix to pasta bit by bit, stirring slowly and continuously. Preferably, use a pair of tongs to hold chunks of pasta while pouring in the mix. Keep container on low flame..
- Keep stirring till cheese and egg melt, forming glossy coat over pasta. This should take about 2- 3 minutes..
- Remove pasta from flame and stir in pancetta chunks..
- Sprinkle remaining grated parmesan cheese on top and salt / pepper according to taste. NOTE: Serve immediately as parmesan tends to harden very quickly. Bon Appetit!.
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