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5 Ingredient Carbonara Pasta

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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 2 -4

Ingredients

  • ½ lb. pasta I prefer whole wheat spaghetti or thin spaghetti for this recipe
  • 4 oz pancetta
  • 2 eggs
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • Pinch each of salt and pepper
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Bring pot of water to a boil and cook pasta according to instructions on box.
  • Meanwhile, heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and cook the pancetta until crispy (10 minutes or so) then turn heat off and let it sit there.
  • Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the two eggs together with the nutmeg, salt and pepper.
  • (Ideally, if you start the water and the pancetta at the same time, everything should be ready at the right moment!)
  • Once the pasta is ready, strain the pasta, reserving about ½ cup of the pasta water.
  • Toss the pasta with the pancetta and the extra grease from the pancetta using pasta tongs.
  • Mix in half the egg mixture at a time, tossing the pasta vigorously as you do so to prevent the eggs from scrambling in the pan (you want them to cook onto the noodles instead!)
  • Add a little of the pasta water to make the sauce more saucy, then add in the Parmesan cheese and toss to evenly distribute.
  • Top each serving with Parmesan cheese and additional salt and pepper if you desire (although pancetta and Parmesan are both salty, so you may not need it!)