Pasta Carbonara
My carbonara
I did not really plan anything special for today - just another plain boring rainy Sunday. This morning I did not feel like waking up and doing anything – just another “pre-”Monday depression: “G, another week of “hard” labor is coming soon, very soon.” It’s my usual Sunday morning mood. So, I stayed in my bed until 2pm instead of doing my rather annoying homeworks for UNI (how productive I am).
One moment I am still in my bed, another I am at grocery store with my mum who luckily decided to get me out of the house. Then it hit me – I have to make dinner for the entire family tonight! Since I don’t know much about cooking, my conclusion was that I had to make a pasta! This summer I made pasta au pesto for couple of times (until I bought pin-nuts from China and it got me the salty taste in my month for about 2 weeks, only then I stopped). This time I went with carbonara…not complicated:
for 4 persons servings
1) spaghetti / fettuccine / rigatoni / bucatini , choose which you prefer, mines are bucatini
2) ~ 10 slices of bacon or pancetta
3) 4 egg’s yolks
4) Romano or Parmesan cheese ~ 4-6 tbsp
5) Italian parsley ~ 4 tbsp
6) olive oil ~ 4 tbsp
7) 15% cream ~ 8 tbsp
Preparation:
Boil the spaghetti (or whatever you have chosen), don’t forget to add olive oil in the boiling water!
While your spaghetti is boiling, put another pan on the cooker, add ~2 tbsp of olive oil and leave for couple of seconds to heat it up. Chopped your bacon and add it to the pan with your olive oil in it, render the bacon – cook until the fat is melt. Turn off the heat.
Now, combine the other ingredients: mix yolk, cheese and cream all in the same container.
When your pasta is cooked (it takes around 7-10 mins) drain it through a colander. Then transfer all of your pasta into the pan with bacon and stir. Then add the egg mixture, the warmth of the pasta will cook the eggs ( but make sure that the pasta is not going to overheat the yolks – you will end up with scrambled eggs). Stir. Add the desired seasonings and the parsley.
Serve and enjoy!
Bon appetit!
Serve and enjoy!
