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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Pasta Carbonara.

We have been slacking! SORRY! I'm back in the game though with this amazing recipe!

Pasta Carbonara

Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb of smoked bacon. sliced.
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced.
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3/4 lb spaghetti or fettucini
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 whole egg
- 1 egg yolk
- fresh ground pepper and salt, to taste.
- 1/4 cup butter

Directions:
1. Cook pasta as directed on box.
2. In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on paper towels. Pour off any excess bacon grease leaving about 2 tablespoons. Saute onions and garlic until tender, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over onions and garlic and stir to create a paste. Slowly pour milk and whisk to remove all clumps. Turn off heat. Stir in half the bacon into sauce. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, stir parmesan cheese, egg, and egg yolk together. Cut butter into small pats.
4. Drain pasta and immediatley pour hot pasta into egg mixture. using tongs, start to toss pasta. Pour in onion "paste" and continue to toss.
5. Stir in pats of butter and toss with pepper and salt. Continue tossing until butter has melted.
6. Serve with remaining cooked bacon and some extra parmesan cheese.


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