
How To Make Bacon Carbonara Pasta
Homemade carbonara pasta might seem intimidating to most, but this proves that it’s anything but that. This five-ingredient recipe also has peas and bacon.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbspaghetti
- 10slicesbacon,cut into small pieces
- 3large eggs yolks
- ½tspkosher salt
- ÂĽtspcoarse ground black pepper
- 1cupparmesan,shaved
- 1cupfrozen peas
Instructions
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Cook the pasta in a large pot to one minute less than the directions on the box and keep ½ cup of pasta water to the side to drain pasta. Do not rinse pasta.
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In a large skillet add the bacon and cook it until crisp then turn off the heat and remove the bacon with a slotted spoon. Add the pasta and toss it in the bacon fat.
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Add the eggs, salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese to a large bowl and whisk well before adding slowly while tossing the hot pasta quickly to prevent it from scrambling.
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Add in ÂĽ cup of the pasta water and peas, tossing again to create a saucy consistency to the pasta then topping with bacon before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 623.98kcal
- Fat:Â 29.08g
- Saturated Fat:Â 11.53g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 11.43g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 4.08g
- Carbohydrates:Â 61.27g
- Fiber:Â 3.45g
- Sugar:Â 3.86g
- Protein:Â 27.34g
- Cholesterol:Â 140.98mg
- Sodium:Â 693.75mg
- Calcium:Â 328.04mg
- Potassium:Â 331.80mg
- Iron:Â 1.97mg
- Vitamin A: 112.03µg
- Vitamin C:Â 4.02mg
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