Spaghetti Carbonara With Roasted Garlic

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 10 garlic cloves
• 2 ounces olive oil (divided 1/1)
• 8 ounces prosciutto (cut into 1/4 strips)
• 6 ounces pecorino romano cheese (grated just before adding)
• 1 lb spaghetti noodles (not thin)
• ample water for boiling noodles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 roast the garlic:
• 3 peel 10 cloves of garlic and cut into almond-sized pieces if the cloves are large.
• 4 put a generous tablespoon of oil onto the center of an 8-inch sheet of foil, plonk the garlic on top and fold to make a sealed pouch.
• 5 bake for 12 minutes, and set aside.
• 6 do not open foil pouch for at least 5 minutes after removing from the oven.
• 7 cook the pasta:
• 8 bring water to boil in a large pot.
• 9 add the pasta and time for 1 minute less than the cooking instructions.
• 10 cook the prosciutto:
• 11 heat the rest of the oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-low heat.
• 12 when there is 5 minutes left on the pasta, add the prosciutto.
• 13 when there is 2 minutes left on the pasta, add the garlic.
• 14 lower the heat if necessary.
• 15 you want these ingredients hot but not sizzling.
• 16 heat the bowls:
• 17 put 4 pasta bowls or wide soup bowls into the oven to heat for 2 or 3 minutes.
• 18 final cooking and plating:
• 19 remove pasta when slightly undercooked, and drain in a colander.
• 20 whisk the two eggs vigorously and set aside.
• 21 bring the prosciutto and garlic back up to medium heat and toss in the pasta, primping it as you would a stir-fry.
• 22 cook for a minute or two.
• 23 remove the bowls from the oven and set to one side.
• 24 add the noodles, dividing them and the toppings into four portions, and put some of the egg directly over each portion, stirring slightly.
• 25 when the egg has set (30 seconds or less), top generously with pecorino romano cheese.
• 26 toss lightly.
• 27 serve immediately with thick slices of foamy ciabatta bread (or lago di como bread) and slathers of fresh butter.