Serving size: Serves 4
Cuisine type: Italian
Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes
Course: Main
Favourite flavours: Easy recipes, Pasta
Convenience recipes: four or less

Real Living recipe for tagliatelle carbonara.

INGREDIENTS

Salt
500g tagliatelle pasta (you can also use spaghetti or linguine)
1 tbsp olive oil
200g pancetta, sliced
3 garlic cloves, minced
4 egg yolks
1 egg
1 cup finely grated parmesan
Handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped finely
Sea salt & cracked black pepper

Equipment
Sharp knife
Grater
Large saucepan
Colander
Chopping board
Frying pan
Tongs
Medium mixing bowl
Fork or whisk

METHOD

Cook pasta Bring saucepan of salted water to boil. Drop in pasta and cook according to packet instructions, until al dente. Drain well and reserve half a cup of pasta water. Return reserved water to saucepan, off the heat.

Heat olive oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pancetta and cook for 5 mins. Add garlic and cook for a further 1 min.

Whisk egg yolks, egg, parsley, salt, pepper and most of parmesan together in mixing bowl.

Return pasta to saucepan of reserved water and add pancetta and pan juices. Toss well to combine. Add egg mixture and toss quickly to cook egg with the heat of the pasta. Season to taste.

Place pasta into bowls and sprinkle over remaining parmesan.