Recipe for Pasta Carbonara
Spaghetti cooked in a creamy sauce made with eggs and parmesan cheese, topped with crispy fried bacon.
Equipment
- Cooking Pot/Sauce Pan
- Pan
- Knives and Chopping board
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 500 gm Spaghetti Pasta
- 5 Eggs
- 200 gm Parmesan Cheese
- 1 tsp Crushed Black Peppercorns
- 300 gm Smoked Bacon
- Salt; if needed
Instructions
- Cook the pasta as per the instructions on the pack.
- While the pasta cooks, transfer the chopped bacon to a pan. Fry it till it comes light brown and crispy. Keep it aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine 5 Egg yellows and 3 Egg whites.
- Whisk them together.
- Add coarsely ground black peppercorns and parmesan cheese, Mix well. Keep this aside.
- When the pasta is cooked, remove the pasta and transfer it to a pan. Don't discard the pasta water yet.
- On to the pasta, add the egg mix and fried bacon.
- On medium heat, cook it for 2-3 minutes. Add a few ladles of pasta water. Taste and check the salt. Add if necessary.
- Pasta Carbonara is ready.