Spaghetti Carbonara

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb spaghetti
• 40 g butter
• 125 g lean bacon, chopped
• 3 tablespoons double cream (heavy cream)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 put serving dish in pre heated oven so it gets hot.
• 2 cook spaghetti in boiling, slated water for 10-12 minutes, or until "al dente" (as they say), or just tender.
• 3 meanwhile, melt one-third of the butter in a fry pan.
• 4 add the bacon and fry until it is crisp, remove from heat and stir in cream, set aside.
• 5 beat the eggs and the grated cheese together until they are well blended. stir in salt and pepper to taste.
• 6 drain spaghetti in a colander then transfer to a warmed, deep serving bowl/dish, it should sizzle (if not - go to note).
• 7 add remaining butter and using two large spoons, toss gently until butter melts, stir in bacon mixture and toss gently until the spaghetti is well coated.
• 8 finally pour over the egg mixture and toss gently until the spaghetti is well coated and starts to show that the egg is almost setting in a way.
• 9 serve at once.
• 10 note: we had the problem the other night that the dish wasn't hot enough, so once you have drained the pasta, put the pan back on the heat and re-add the pasta with the bacon mixture, and then add the egg mixture and keep over the heat a few minutes while stirring until it begins to coat the spaghetti.