A Delicious Pasta Carbonara Dish that is super easy to make. One of my favorite pasta dishes ever. Delicious flavors everyone will enjoy.
Within the first few months of relocating to Southern California, I went to dinner at a nice little Italian restaurant in Montecito, CA. I ordered the Pasta Carbonara. From that point forward it became one of my favorite pasta dishes.
One of the things I loved the most about their recipe was that they topped it with pine nuts. While I did not include pine nuts in my recipe since they are so expensive (over $16 a pound where I live), you must try this recipe with pine nuts at least once!
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How to Make Easy Pasta Carbonara
1- In a large skillet, cook bacon until brown and crisp, reserving about 1 Tbsp of the bacon fat.
2- In the skillet, sauté garlic about 30 seconds until lightly browned.
3- Pour garlic into mixing bowl and add 1 Tbsp of bacon grease. Add eggs, egg yolk, parmesan, and pepper to garlic mixtures and whisk until well combined.
4- Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a large pot (no more than 8 cups).
5- Add pasta and salt to boiling water and cook al dente. Drain pasta using a colander reserving pasta water in a bowl. Retain 1 Cup of pasta water and discard the rest. Place pasta in a large empty bowl.
6- Slowly pour and whisk 1/2 cup pasta water into egg mixture then slowly pour mixture over pasta while tossing to coat. Add bacon and toss to combine. Salt to taste.
7- Let pasta rest, tossing every few minutes until the sauce has thickened. Thin with remaining water if needed.
Easy Pasta Carbonara
Ingredients
- 10 Slices Bacon
- 8 1/2 Cups Water
- 4 Garlic Cloves
- 1 lb Pasta
- 1 1/4 Cups Parmesan Cheese
- 3 Egg(s)
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Ground Black Pepper
how to make this recipe
- In a large skillet, cook bacon until brown and crisp, reserving about 1 Tbsp of the bacon fat.
- In the skillet, sauté garlic about 30 seconds until lightly browned.
- Pour garlic into mixing bowl and add 1 Tbsp of bacon grease. Add eggs, egg yolk, parmesan and pepper to garlic mixtures and whisk until well combined.
- Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a large pot (no more than 8 cups).
- Add pasta and salt to boiling water and cook al dente. Drain pasta using a colander reserving pasta water in a bowl. Retain 1 Cup of pasta water and discard the rest. Place pasta in large empty bowl.
- Slowly pour and whisk 1/2 Cup pasta water into egg mixture then slowly pour mixture over pasta while tossing to coat. Add bacon and toss to combine. Salt to taste.
- Let pasta rest, tossing every few minutes until sauce has thickened. Thin with remaining water if needed.
Nutrition
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