Fettuccine Carbonara
 
 
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Ingredients
  • 8 slices extra thick bacon sliced into ¼ inch strips
  • ½ cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • ¾ cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 T bacon drippings
  • Fresh Ground Black Pepper
  • 1 lb dry fettuccine
Instructions
  1. Slice bacon into strips and place in a non-stick skillet with ½ cup water over medium high heat
  2. Stir bacon and allow to plump and separate.
  3. Continue Cooking over medium high heat until water evaporates and turn down to medium low to render fat and cook until crisp.
  4. Reserve 1 Tablespoon bacon drippings.
  5. Meanwhile combine eggs, Parmesan cheese and black pepper set aside.
  6. Place 8 cups of water in a dutch oven and salt with 1T kosher salt and bring to boil.
  7. Cook Pasta according to package directions.
  8. You will need a large glass bowl, medium tongs and a 2 oz. ladle
  9. fill the large glass bowl with hot water 4 minutes before pasta is done
  10. at the 3 minute mark put the tablespoon of bacon drippings in the egg and cheese mixture and stir to prevent cooking the eggs.
  11. at the 2 minute mark add 2 oz. of the hot pasta water to the egg mixture and mix
  12. at the 1 minute mark drain water from the large bowl and preheat the serving bowls
  13. when the pasta is done place the noodles in the large glass bowl i use a pasta fork to move the pasta from the dutch oven to the glass bowl letting the pasta retain a little water
  14. pour the egg mixture over the pasta and toss for a while.... 2 to 4 minutes until the heat from the pasta cooks the egg.
  15. toss in crumbled bacon
  16. portion and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and enjoy
Recipe by Man of Leisure.info at https://manofleisure.info/fettuccine-carbonara/