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Carbonara Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 Oz Bacon, Cut into 1/4 " pieces, about 3/4 Cup
1 tsp black pepper, plus more for garnish
5 large egg yolks
2 large eggs
3 oz Romano Cheese, Grated
2 oz Parmesan Cheese, grated
3 TBS salt
1 pkg (16 oz) spaghetti)
Water
Directions:
Directions:
1. Boil the water in a large sauce pan with 3 TBS salt.

2. In a cast iron skillet, brown the bacon until crisp.

3. Bloom the pepper: Pour 3 TBS hot bacon drippings over pepper in a bowl. Set skillet with bacon aside.

4. To the pepper, add egg yolks, eggs and cheese. Wisk until thoroughly blended. Set aside.

5. When the water is at a rolling boil, add the pasta. Cook until al dente. 1 min before the pasta is finished, pull off 1/4 C pasta water.

6. Temper the egg mixture with pasta water by slowly adding water to egg mixture. Whisking constantly until well combined and sauce is loosened.

7. Transfer about 1/3 of pasta to egg mixture using tongs. Allowing excess liquid to drip off in pot. Quickly and gently toss to combine. Transfer remaining pasta to egg mixture, allowing excess liquid to drip off in pot.

8. Continue stirring and tossing the pasta tongs until cheese is melted and sauce thickens slightly and coats pasta, about 1 min. The sauce will continue to thicken as it cools.

9. Plate pasta, top with bacon. Garnish with additional cheese. Serve immediately.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 min

 

 

 

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