Monday, February 29, 2016

Spaghetti carbonara: easy comfort food

 This is one of my niece's favourite (actually everything with cheese in the ingredient list is OK, for her, haha).



 For me Spaghetti carbonara is my comfort food, and it's very easy to make. I have a load of recipes for this dish, but sometime the most basic one is the one that I make most. 
Spaghetti carbonara is a egg sauce pasta, the sauce has no flour added. The key is if you want smooth sauce and you can't let it cook on the heat too long or the egg will become cooked. Other than that it's very easy to make. Mixing all the ingredients for the sauce before cooking the pasta, so it's ready when you need it.
Serve the pasta hot from the stove, it will be creamy when eating.



 Spaghetti carbonara
Serve 2-3 people 


100g ............................ Bacon, cut into small pieces
3tbsp ............................ White wine
180g ............................ Linguine pasta
20g .............................. Parmesan cheese, grated 
100ml .......................... Whipping cream
70ml ............................ Milk
2 .................................. Egg yolks
1/2tbsp ........................ Olive oil
..................................... Salt, pepper and chopped parsley





 Mix Parmesan cheese, whipping cream, milk and egg yolks into a bowl.


 Whisk to combine, set aside.


Boil water and sprinkle salt into the boiling water, then add the olive oil.
 Cook the pasta (to your liking, or follow the package instruction).
Drain the pasta, set aside.


Place a skillet over medium heat.
Cook the bacon until start to brown, pour white wine into the skillet, let the it boil.


 Pour the cooked pasta into the skillet, and stir to combine.


 Pour cheese mixture into the skillet.


Stir to combine, and turn off the heat.
Remove from the heat, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle the chopped parsley over the pasta.
Serve immediately.

Spaghetti carbonara: easy comfort food 

2 comments:

  1. I love eating carbonara at restaurants but my fear of eating raw eggs and the fear that it will taste eggy has stopped me from doing so :( any ideas on how to make sure the eggs are cooked?

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    1. If I want the egg to be cooked, I make the base by mixing the egg with 1-2 tsp of cornstarch and pour the hot cream over the egg, then cook on a stove until thicken then add the milk to thin out the base and season it with cheese, salt and pepper ^^

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