Friday, May 22, 2015

"Pasta" Carbonara

Simple Shopping List:
Costco has Black Bean Spaghetti -- similar texture to a Soba noodle (or sub a second zucchini)
2 eggs
2 large cloves of garlic
1 medium zucchini
50-100 g parmesan and / or pecorino
3-4 thick pieces bacon or equivalent pancetta
Salt & Pepper

put a large pot of salted water on to boil for the spaghetti,
then using the smallest julienne blade on your mandolin
cut the zucchini the long way into ribbons

separate the ribbons into "pasta"


cut the bacon into bacon bits and start frying
in a large deep pan.
 (everything will end up in this pan)

Drop the pasta and cook according to box less 1 minute


bruise the garlic using the flat of your knife



Add to the bacon
Remove bacon and garlic
Separate one egg, and set the yolk aside and beat the whites with the remaining whole egg
grate the cheese(s) into the the egg with plenty of salt and pepper

add zucchini to the bacon fat
cook until just softened

shut off the heat, and add the cooked pasta

add the bacon and garlic back in and mix gently


using tongs to separate the pasta slowly add the egg/cheese mixture to coat the pasta
the goal here is to slowly raise the temperature of the egg with the residual heat in the pasta,
not the pan because it will turn into scrambled egg

Serve with the egg yolk on top, making sure that you break it while the pasta is still hot

No comments:

Post a Comment