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Spaghetti Alla Carbonara

Added on Wed Aug 6 2008

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The Basics

• Dish: Main Course
• cuisine: Italian
• Serves: 2
• Prep Time: 0hrs 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 0hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• 150g Smoked pancetta cubed
• 225g Spaghetti
• 2 Large eggs
• 2 Extra egg yolks
• 1½ tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
• 4 tbsp Pecorino Romano grated
• 4 tbsp Double cream
• Dash Freshly ground black pepper

Method

First of all, cook the pasta. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the pancetta until it's crisp and golden, about 5 minutes. Next, whisk the eggs, yolks, cheese and cream in a bowl and season generously with black pepper.

Then, when the pasta is cooked, drain it quickly in a colander, leaving a little of the moisture still clinging. Now quickly return it to the saucepan and add the pancetta and any oil in the pan, along with the egg and cream mixture. Stir very thoroughly, so that everything gets a good coating – what happens is that the liquid egg cooks briefly as it comes into contact with the hot pasta. Serve the pasta on really hot deep plates with some extra grated Pecorino.