Spaghetti A La Carbonara

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb spaghetti
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup pancetta
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 5 -6 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 2 large egg yolks
• pasta cooking water (a ladle full)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup of freshly grated romano cheese
• finely chopped parsley (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 cook spaghetti to al dente stage in liberally salted water.
• 2 brown pancette in olive oil in skillet. add garlic for 1-2 minutes, add wine and scrape up all the brown bits (deglaze).
• 3 in separate bowl beat eggs & add ladle of pasta water to temper.
• 4 drain pasta.
• 5 add to skillet with oil & pancetta.
• 6 pour egg mixture over pasta.
• 7 toss rapidly to coat without cooking eggs.
• 8 remove pan from heat add a big handful of cheese lots of pepper and salt to taste.
• 9 continue to toss and turn pasta until it absorbs egg mixture and thickens (1 - 2 min).
• 10 garnish with romano and parsley.