Quick Carbonara. Carbonara is a dinnertime classic, but my version cuts down on the time it takes to make. I have always thought carbonara was labour intensive but boy was I wrong! Cook pasta as directed on package.
I repeat, YOU DO NOT NEED HEAVY CREAM.
Spaghetti Pasta Carbonara—indulgent and delicious, yet so easy!
Learn how to make carbonara sauce with bacon or pancetta and loads of parmesan.
You can have Quick Carbonara using 4 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Quick Carbonara
- Prepare 250 grams of Spaghetti.
- It's 3 of large eggs.
- You need 6 slices of bacon.
- Prepare Handful of Parmesan cheese grated.
This timeless recipe is usually made with cream, but we've gone authentic and used pasta cooking water for a lighter version. All you need for this quick linguine carbonara are eggs, bacon and a few pantry ingredients. A generous grating of Parmesan gives it a lush creaminess. Spaghettini carbonara features pasta in a delicious parmesan-egg sauce with savory panetta.
Quick Carbonara step by step
- Add some oil to a large frying pan (big enough to mix the spaghetti in later) and start to cook the bacon.
- At the same time cook the spaghetti as per the instructions. I used dried spaghetti so added to a pan of boiling water and cooked for 10/12 minutes.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl, season with salt and pepper and add half the grated parmesan.
- Once the bacon is cooked, put to one side off the heat. This is important as the cooling pan helps stop the eggs scrambling later..
- Once the spaghetti is ready, drain BUT keep a couple of tablespoons of the water..
- Put the spaghetti into the pan with the bacon..
- Stir the spared pasta water with the egg mixture. This warms the eggs which helps prevent scrambling..
- Pour the egg mixture over the pasta and stir..
- Serve immediately, season and add remainder of Parmesan as you wish..
- An Italian friend recommends grating nutmeg over the top..
- Enjoy !!.
The heat from the pasta cooks the sauce making for a quick and creamy dish in no time at all! Meanwhile, fry pancetta in oil in a frying pan for a few mins until golden and crisp. Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish from Rome made with egg, hard cheese and pepper. The recipe is not fixed, with any sort of hard cheese. We've taken your favorite classic carbonara and reinvented it with the same velvety texture that you're used to - but without the cream.
