Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Anne Burrell

Recipe courtesy Anne Burrell

Show: The Best Thing I Ever MadeEpisode: Comfort Zone

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Total Time:
35 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • Salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3/4 cup pancetta, cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 1 pound spaghetti
  • 8 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
  • 1/2 cup grated pecorino
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 scallions, cut on a severe bias

Directions

Bring a large pot of well salted water to a boil over medium heat.

Add about 2 tablespoons olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat. Add the pancetta a medium heat and cook until it starts to color and become crisp. Turn off the heat and reserve.

Drop the pasta into the salted boiling water and cook it 1 minute less than it says on the package, usually about 6 to 7 minutes. Bite the pasta to check the consistency.

While the pasta is cooking, crack the eggs into a large mixing bowl. Add the grated cheeses and season with salt. Whisk vigorously until it becomes a homogenous. Season generously with black pepper.

When the pasta is just about done, return the pan with the pancetta to medium heat. Remove the pasta from the cooking water. Toss or stir the pasta into the pancetta to coat the pasta with the remaining fat in the skillet. Immediately vigorously stir the egg mixture into the pasta. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly until the egg mixture looks like a cream sauce.

Serve immediately garnished with sliced scallions.

Buonissimo!

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  • on February 03, 2012

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    So easy, so simple and most important so delicious. My picky five yr old said this was his favorite spagetti. He said It's even better than mac N cheese. I will make this over and over. When i added the egg & cheese mixture i turn off the flame, the heat of the pasta and pacetta cooked the egg & and last i just added a little pasta water and turned the flame to slowest for maybe less than a minute. Like other reviewers mention "mix mix", so you don't get scramble eggs.

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  • on February 03, 2012

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    Pretty good considering I scrambled the eggs just a little and couldn't find pancetta in my grocery store so I just used bacon. But even with those two things it was still pretty creamy and tasty. I think next time if I remove from the heat instead of keeping it on, I won't scramble at all and it will turn out much better.

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  • on January 29, 2012

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    mmhmmmhmm yummmy

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