by Nancy Piran
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Bacon is the star of this SpaghettiallaCarbonara Recipe! A traditional Italian dish that is made simple and ready in 30 minutes!
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Ciao! I have waited so long to share this recipe with you!
I never felt like it was something that I made good enough to share.
Over the last year I have tried time and time again to watch my hubby make Spaghetti alla Carbonara just so that I could get it right. Now is that time!
WHAT ABOUT THE BACON?
This week for Sunday Supper we are celebrating BACON!
Everything is better with bacon, am I right? Okay well in my world it is! So when I saw the theme was bacon I knew exactly what I wanted to make!
Now there are lots of people who will read this and say, but isn’t this supposed to be made with pancetta?
I say yes, absolutely. But there have been times where I couldn’t find it and needed to adapt, so I wanted to show you how you can make this pasta with a simple ingredient like bacon.
WHICH KIND OF EGG?
Now the egg can be anything kind you like. We get some from a local farmer so the ones I used here are large brown eggs but you can definitely use white, which is what we have done many times!
I call this egg mixture liquid gold! Ha!
So about the egg, in this recipe you will see olive oil and milk in the mixture.
This is what we do at home to keep the pasta from drying out too much. Definitely can not have a dry pasta dish in our home, that is a big no no!
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Spaghetti alla Carbonara Recipe
Nancy Piran
3 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Total Time 27 minutes mins
Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 16 ounces spaghetti
- 1 pound hickory smoked bacon
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 large brown egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup milk
- cracked pepper
- parmeggiano-reggiano
Instructions
Cook pasta according to package. When done drain, leaving some of the water on the pasta.
In the meantime cook the bacon. Frying for 3 minutes on each side. Drain bacon of grease and chop into small pieces.
Whisk together egg yolks, olive oil, milk and cracked pepper.
When pasta is done place in large bowl and stir in butter allowing to completely melt.
Slowly stir yolks into pasta, so yolks do not curdle.
Stir bacon into pasta.
Top with cheese and serve immediately! ENJOY!
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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Comments
Creamy and delicious, it looks absolutely perfect, Nancy, especially with all that bacon!
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It’s funny you say that. It seems like something so simple, but I feel like I need a little more practice to get carbonara just right. I should try your recipe! Of course the bacon looks great in it!
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good to see someone made this classic! looks like a tasty version!
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It does not get more comforting than carbonara!
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What a yummy theme! This looks so hearty and creamy!
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Yum! There’s something comforting about a bowl of carbonara.
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Pictures are great!
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I love that you use bacon in this. I have never used Pancetta. Bacon and eggs for me! This dish looks so good!
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I love carbonara – Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up and don’t forget to leave a comment at the party – Next week’s features that also leave a comment get pinned and tweeted!
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HI! This looks amazing! Thank you for linking up to last week’s Tasty Tuesday linky. I have pinned your recipe to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board. I hope you’ll join us again this week.
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Looks and sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight Pinned & sharing
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Annie G
Not sure what i did wrong but it had a strong bitter aftertaste although it looked good!Reply
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