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| Pasta Carbonara is speculated to be a dish which dated back to ancient Rome. The name Carbonara means, charcoal and it is believed that is was a dish prepared for coal miners. |
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Pasta Carbonara:
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400- 500 g of your favourite pasta
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3 eggs
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2 tsp. Creative Affair
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4 tbs. Olive oil
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¼ cup of grated cheese, parmesan of Romano
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2-3 slices or Bacon or Panchetta chopped into bits
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Whisk eggs with ½ of the grated cheese, set aside.
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brown bacon and drain excess fat
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Heat oil over medium heat and add Creative Affair and browned bacon set aside.
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Cook pasta al dente as per direction on pasta package.
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Drain most of the water, save 1/4 cup, set aside
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Return pasta to cooking pot, add Creative oil mixture.
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Return pot to medium-high heat and toss pasta to coat with Creative Oil.
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If pasta gets dry add small amounts of reserved water a tbs. at a time, don’t make pasta watery.
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Pour egg wash over pasta and toss to coat
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Continue to toss pasta until egg is cooked, approx. 2-3 min.
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| Serve Pasta Carbonara with fresh ground pepper, and/or hot chili flakes. A little dusting the nutmeg with also give it a pleasure taste. A light drizzle of extra virgin Olive oil never hurts.
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