Fettuccine Carbonara

Fettucine Carbonara

Serves 4 entree size meals or 2 main courses.
Degree of difficulty: Low
Preparation time:5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
You need:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ¼ of an onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 2 rashes of bacon
• 500ml cream
• 250g dry fettuccine
• 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• Salt & Coarse black pepper to taste
  

Method:

1. Put a large saucepan of salted water on the stove to boil for your pasta.
2. Finely chop onion and garlic, remove the rind from the bacon and cut into small strips.
3. Pour olive oil into a frying pan and heat, add garlic and onion . . . fry until translucent then add bacon strips and stir with a wooden spoon until bacon is cooked.
4. Add 500ml of cream and reduce for 5 minutes (boil until thick).
5. The salted water you put on the stove should now be boiling . . . throw in your fettuccine & give it a stir.
6. By the time your pasta is cooked the carbonara sauce will be reduced so it coats the back of a wooden spoon.
7. Drain pasta into a colander and add to sauce. Combine well over heat by mixing with a wooden spoon, once the pasta is coated fully by the sauce remove completely from the stove.
8. Sprinkle pasta and sauce with Parmesan cheese and pepper, mix through.
9. Finally crack a raw egg into your fettuccine carbonara...yes a raw egg and mix thoroughly.Your fettuccine carbonara is now ready to serve.
10. Enjoy.

sent by D & M Zink ~ thank you

not yet tested. Sounds like a quick and easy delish.

ps Spellcheck says fettuccine has two c's ,Parmesan a capital P -does not like carbonara *shrugs* does it matter ?