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Spaghetti carbonara

Spaghetti, cured pork, egg, pecorino and black pepper. No cream. For two, in twenty minutes.

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Spaghetti carbonara
20minutes
739Calories
35gProtein
2servings

In Rome no cream goes into a carbonara. The sauce comes from egg, cheese and hot pasta water, and the pork gives the fat. The trick is taking the pan off the heat before the egg goes in.

Ingredients

Forservings
  • 200 gSpaghetti
  • 80 gbacon (pancetta or guanciale)
  • 100 gEggs (2 piece)
  • 34 gEgg yolk (2 piece)
  • 50 gPecorino, grated
  • Black pepper, salt

How to make it

  1. Cook the spaghetti in salted water until firm to the bite and save a cup of the water.
  2. Fry the diced pork slowly in the pan until crisp.
  3. Beat the eggs, egg yolk, pecorino and plenty of pepper together.
  4. Pasta into the pan with the pork, pan off the heat, stir in the egg mixture and a splash of pasta water until the sauce is creamy.

One tip

Too hot and it turns into scrambled egg. The residual heat of the pasta is enough.

Nutrition per serving

Calories739
Protein35 g
Fat32 g
Carbs77 g

Calculated from the ingredients, using values per 100 grams from USDA FoodData Central. The calories come from the macronutrients, not from the energy field of the database.

kcal

2,000 is just a starting point. Work out yours, free, and separately for training days and rest days.

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