Spaghetti Carbonara

Adding the eggs off the heat makes a sauce, not scrambled eggs.

20 min4 servingsUnder 30 min

Ingredients

4 servings
  • 12 oz spaghettiPasta
  • 3 (plus 1 yolk)Eggs
  • 6 slicesBacon
  • 1 cup finely gratedParmesan
  • lotsBlack pepper
  • 1 cloveGarlic
  • for pasta waterSalt

Method

  1. Cook pasta; save 1 cup water.

  2. Fry chopped bacon until crisp; turn off the heat.

  3. Whisk eggs, yolk, parmesan and pepper.

  4. Toss hot drained pasta with the bacon, then off the heat stir in the egg mix with splashes of pasta water until creamy.

Tap a step number to cross it off. Safe internal temperatures follow USDA FSIS guidance.

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