Carbonara is perhaps one of the most popular types of "gravy" for pasta. The main ingredients are brisket, eggs and parmesan cheese. Cream, ham, onion, garlic - these are additional ingredients that the cook decides to add or not.
This dish was created in the twentieth century by an Italian chef. In general, there are several rumors about the origin of the name. For example, some believe that the name comes from the name of the "carbonaro" oven, on which ordinary people cooked "carbonaro pasta". Others say that this dish was prepared by people who were part of the secret group Carbonari.
Today you can familiarize yourself with the recipe for Carbonara pasta with bacon.
Ingredients:
- spaghetti 450 grams,
- bacon 100 grams,
- parmesan 50 grams,
- eggs 3 pcs.,
- olive oil 2 tbsp l.,
- 1 clove garlic,
- salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- We take a saucepan, pour water, wait for it to boil. Lightly add some salt to the water. Next, put spaghetti in it and cook until al dente.
- Choosing the deepest pan. Pour olive oil on it and fry finely chopped garlic and bacon, cut into short strips. It is necessary to fry for five minutes, stirring constantly. We remove the pan from the heat.
- The spaghetti is boiled. We put them in a colander and put them in a frying pan.
- Take one egg and separate the yolk from the protein. Next, break two eggs (whole) into a pan with spaghetti and add one yolk. Stir quickly as the pasta is still hot and the eggs may curl.
- We take out a fine grater from the box and rub the parmesan on it. Add some of the cheese to the pan, salt, pepper and mix thoroughly again.
- We take the most beautiful plates, preferably wide ones. We spread our pasta in them. Sprinkle the rest of the Parmesan on top. For beauty, you can throw a couple of basil leaves on top.
- The dish is ready, you can eat!