Pasta Carbonara. Carbonara (Italian: [karboˈnaːra]) is an Italian pasta dish from Rome made with eggs, hard cheese, cured pork, and black pepper. Pasta carbonara is an indulgent yet surprisingly simple recipe. This traditional carbonara recipe is adapted from La Cucina Italiana's website (www.
To cook Pasta Carbonara you need 11 ingredients and just 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
- Prepare of linguine or spaghetti.
- Prepare of bacon strips, chopped.
- Prepare of fresh or frozen peas.
- It's of lemon juice.
- Prepare of grated lemon peel.
- You need of large eggs, lightly beaten.
- Prepare of minced fresh parsley.
- You need of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
- Prepare of salt.
- Prepare of pepper.
- It's of Additional grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, optional.
Pasta Carbonara method
- In a large saucepan, cook pasta according to package directions for al dente..
- Drain pasta, reserving water; keep pasta warm..
- In the same pot cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally..
- Add peas; cook until just heated through..
- Add pasta to pot; toss to combine..
- Remove from heat; quickly stir in the remaining ingredients, adding enough pasta water to create a sauce..
- If desired, serve with additional cheese..
- NOTE: The heat from the pasta cooks the eggs, but they may not reach 160 degrees, the temperature at which eggs are considered safe to eat. To prevent food borne illness, it's best to use pasteurized eggs..