italian pasta carbonara

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 328.8
  • Total Fat: 13.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 134.7 mg
  • Sodium: 519.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
  • Protein: 19.4 g

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Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    7 oz spaghetti
    8 slices bacon or 2 thick slices pancetta
    1/2 cup parmesan cheese
    1/2 cup pecorino romano
    2 egg yolk, 1 whole egg
    Hand full of basil to serve

Directions

Cook the spaghetti according to the pack instructions. While it’s cooking heat a non-stick frying pan and when very hot add the pancetta. Cook until crispy then remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper towel. Mix the Parmesan, pecorino into the eggs and season with black pepper. Whisking until you get a paste. When the pasta is cooked scoop the spaghetti and add to the fry pan stir in the eggs/cheese paste. The heat from the pasta should cook the eggs without curdling it. Add 1 small ladle with the pasta water. Stir through the Pancetta and the basil and serve immediately.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOUSTER.