Carbonara

This is my very favorite way to eat pasta. If I crave carbonara even a little bit... I have to make it! I must give into the delicous eggy, rich, salty, pasta. In fact just writing this makes me crave it. Looks like I need to go to the store. Want to follow along while I make it? Watch here.

3 egg yolks

1 full egg

1 cup or Parm or pecorino romano

lots of pepper + salt

pancetta or guanciale

spaghetti or your pasta preference

1. Cut your pancetta into small pieces and fry it up. Start low and slow when frying because you want to render the fat.

2. Get water on stove boiling with lotsa salt

3. In a bowl, combine eggs, pepper, salt, and cheese. Mix it all up to make a paste. Sometimes you’ll need a little extra cheese—eyeball it (I eyeball everything).

4. While the pasta is cooking, start taking some pasta water out to temper your egg mixture while the pasta is still boiling.

5. Whisk and add the pasta water to make that paste as smooth as possible.

6. When the pasta is done, toss it into the pan with the grease from the pancetta. Add your liquidy egg mixture and toss with the heat very low. Add the pancetta back in and more pasta water as needed to make it creamy and amazing.

7. Top with pepper and more Parm.

8. Share with someone you love (me)