Easy Carbonara!

Impress your mates with this easy and quick variation of a classic Italian recipe. Remember to season well, personally I like plenty of cracked black pepper on my pasta! Normal ham can be used  instead of bacon.

Easy Carbonara

Ingredients:

• 1 large onion – finely chopped
• 140g mushrooms – sliced
• 3 cloves garlic – crushed
• 400g back bacon – chopped into 1cm strips
• 3 egg yolks – lightly beaten
• 250ml fresh double cream
• salt & pepper
• 200g freshly grated parmesan
• approx 50ml olive oil
• Pasta of your choice.

Method:

1. Put a pan of water on to boil for your pasta.
   Add a little salt and oil to the water, this helps to stop the pasta from sticking together.
2. Heat the remaining oil in a pan (medium to high heat), add the garlic and onion, bacon and mushrooms.
   Cook until the onions are transparent and the bacon is cooked through (approx.5-6mins)
3. Remove from the heat, add the cream and mix well.
   Add the egg yolks slowly, mixing continuously for 2-3 minutes.
4. Add the pan back to a VERY low heat and keep stirring (slowly) for another few minutes.
   It is important that the cream does NOT BOIL, doing so will curdle the cream.
5. Season with salt and pepper, go easy on the salt as there is already bacon in the dish.
6. Serve on a bed of spaghetti/tagliatelle/penne pasta and top with the parmesan and ruccola salad.

3 Responses to “Easy Carbonara!”

1. Lisa Ponomarev says:

   March 6, 2009 at 8:33 pm

   Hi Robby,
   cool website, i’m going to try some of these recipes! Where is the recipe for the tomato bread?
   -Lisa (from Bråset)
2. admin says:

   March 8, 2009 at 8:33 pm

   Hi Lisa, the tomato bread recipe is still in my head!
   Keep bugging me for it, maybe I can make it this week at work!?
   See you soon!
3. healthometer says:

   July 14, 2011 at 11:24 am

   Not bad, i enjoy fresh tucker. Fresh veggies is the way to go!