Name: Tagliatelle carbonara
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: salt; 500 gram tagliatelle pasta (you con also use spaghetti or linguine); 1 tablespoon olive oil; 200 gram pancetta, sliced; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 4 egg yolks; 1 egg; 1 cup finely grated parmesan; handful flatleaf, parsley, chopped finely; sea salt and cracked black pepper

Tagliatelle carbonara

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

10M

Total

20M

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Ingredients

salt

500 gram tagliatelle pasta (you con also use spaghetti or linguine)

1 tablespoon olive oil

200 gram pancetta, sliced

3 garlic cloves, minced

4 egg yolks

1 egg

1 cup finely grated parmesan

handful flatleaf, parsley, chopped finely

sea salt and cracked black pepper

Method

1.Bring saucepan of salted water to boil. Drop in pasta and cook according to packet instructions, until al dente. Drain well and reserve half a cup of pasta water. Return reserved water to saucepan, off the heat.

2.Heat olive oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pancetta and cook for 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for a further 1 minute.

3.Whisk egg yolks, egg, parsley, salt, pepper and most of parmesan together in mixing bowl.

4.Return pasta to saucepan of reserved water and add pancetta and pan juices. Toss well to combine. Add egg mixture and toss quickly to cook egg with the heat of the pasta. Season to taste.

5.Serve pasta into bowls and sprinkle over remaining parmesan.

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