8 May 2008
Fettuccini Carbonara
I’ve never had carbonara before tonight. I’d look at it on menus in restaurants or in recipe books and be like ew gross, bacon and pasta? Nasty man, nasty.
Ends up its really tasty. Not the healthiest thing, but damn tasty.
I came up with this recipe by going through a few cookbooks and websites and combining everything I think will be tasty together. That and I fine tuned it to what I had in my kitchen.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3-4 slices of bacon, diced
2 eggs
1/2 cup shredded parmesean
1 tsp basil
1 tsp parsley
1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
1/2 a box of fettuccine
water to cook the fettuccine
1 cup chopped broccoli
1/4 – 1/2 cup of boiling noodle water
Boil the noodles following the directions on the package. Approximately 5 minutes before the noodles are done, add the chopped broccoli.
Crush and finely chop the garlic. Add oil to a pan and lightly cook the garlic. Do not let it burn! It’ll be nasty if you do. Remove all the garlic you can (you don’t want it to burn while you’re cooking the bacon).
Add the bacon and cook until crispy. Drain reserving 1-2 tablespoons of bacon grease.
Whisk the eggs, cheese, herbs and pepper together. Slowly add the boiling noodle water, whisking as you do so that the eggs do not curdle. Add the bacon.
When the noodles are done cooking, drain and place in a large bowl. Pour over the warm egg mixture and toss immediately.
Reheat the pan with the bacon grease (if not still warm) and add the noodles and cook slightly until the egg mixture is thickened and everything is heated through.
Serve.
Tags: bacon, dinner, eggs, pasta
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