Carbonara
Carbonara. For a quick dinner, whip up Tyler Florence's authentic Spaghetti alla Carbonara recipe, a rich tangle of pasta, pancetta and egg, from Food Network. Humble ingredients—eggs, noodles, cheese, and pork—combine to create glossy, glorious pasta carbonara. It's the no-food-in-the-house dinner of our dreams.
Ingredients
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You need 125 g of spaghetti
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It’s 50 g of guanciale
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You need 1 clove of garlic
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It’s 1 of egg
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It’s 5 cl of cream
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You need 50 g of Grana
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Prepare of Black pepper
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It’s of (parsley)
Steps
- Boil the pasta in medium salted water (1tbsp/l).
- Dice the guanciale finely and heat it up with a dash of olive oil in a pan. When the fat has rendered, add thinly sliced garlic and fry on medium heat until the guanciale is crispy and the garlic just starts to take some colour..
- In the meantime, in a large bowl, whisk together grated Grana, egg, cream, cracked black pepper, and optionally a small handful of chopped parsley..
- Toss the spaghetti in the pan with the guanciale, garlic and a bit of the pasta water until evenly coated.
- Add the hot pasta mixture to the bowl with the sauce and mix well until the egg starts to set and evenly coats the pasta.
- Serve with more grated Grana and chopped parsley.
John doesn't like to eat dinner before a show so this has become our favorite midnight supper after a gig. I can't eat, think about, dream about, or even remotely consider Pasta Carbonara without thinking of Heartburn, the Meryl Streep/Jack Nicholson movie from the eighties that I both love and hate. Love, because it's incredibly written by Norah Ephron and incredibly acted by Meryl and Jack. Pasta carbonara is best fresh, but if you're going to reheat, it is best to reheat pasta carbonara over the stove, and not in the microwave. Get Carbonara Sauce Recipe from Food Network.
