Spaghetti alla carbonara - Real Recipes from Mums

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Ingredients (serves 4)

100g Pancetta or Bacon, chopped into small cubes
4 Egg yolks
200ml Cream
1 Red Pepper (Capsicum), finely chopped
Fresh Thyme
Parmesan Cheese, grated
Fresh Curly Parsley

Method

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
Meanwhile, mix the egg yolks, cream and grated cheese and set aside.
Fry the pancetta and red pepper in a large skillet for 5 minutes. Lower the heat and add the thyme.
Cook the pasta, drain but keep part of the cooking water.
Quickly add the warm pasta to the skillet, add the egg yolk mixture and 3 tablespoons of cooking water and toss well. The sauce should be creamy.
Add topping of fresh curly parsley, grated Parmesan cheese and ground black pepper.

35 Comments

- - SAS185 said
  - 08 Jul 2024
    7:34 am
My 4 and a half year old would love to try this one.

- - meedee said
  - 28 Aug 2021
    8:11 am
Oh yes please. Extra cheese for me please.

- - tessie said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    4:05 pm
Sounds so delicious and simple to make. How much pasta would you need for this amount though

- - mom19782016 said
  - 25 Aug 2017
    8:18 pm
I wish I had this for dinner tonight!

- - cherz said
  - 23 Aug 2017
    10:31 am
yum YUM …quick and delicious and oh so easy. thanks muchly.

- - mom64736 said
  - 22 Aug 2017
    10:00 pm
I reckon this still would be too rich for us but might give it a try.

- - mom90758 said
  - 22 Aug 2017
    6:25 pm
I love spaghetti alla carbonara! What an original idea to add diced capsicum!!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 04 Nov 2016
    9:30 am
This sounds light and yummy… Better still, I can use herbs from my garden!

- - ella12 said
  - 29 Aug 2016
    2:47 pm
What a yummy and lovely recipe.

- - rovermum said
  - 29 Aug 2016
    9:35 am
This is my son’s favourite kind of pasta. I do make two versions, but always happy to add another to my repertoire.

- - tessie said
  - 26 Aug 2016
    2:04 pm
Sounds so quick and easy to make.

- - mom134803 said
  - 26 Aug 2016
    1:09 pm
Nice and easy ! I would use some basil instead of parsley.

- - mom101628 said
  - 25 Aug 2016
    10:07 pm
Great recipe – thanks for Phillips sharing it.

- - curlytops said
  - 28 Jun 2016
    7:24 am
A little onion or garlic would be nice added too.

- - mom57808 said
  - 13 May 2016
    9:29 am
just love pasta of all kinds, going to try this tonight

- - mom57619 said
  - 27 Feb 2016
    2:40 pm
We don’t eat meat but do eat fish. The cooking salmon would be a perfect replacement for the bacon.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 21 Feb 2016
    9:53 am
Made something similar the other night, but it tasted too salty.. Maybe I added too much bacon? Will try your version next. Thanks for the recipe

- - meljware said
  - 31 Jan 2016
    10:54 am
Love this recipe. Simple and easy and delicious.

- - mom94378 said
  - 16 Nov 2015
    10:28 pm
Very good looking version of an old classic.

- - mom94378 said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    10:29 pm
Pasta is healthy, delicious and relatively inexpensive – i like this recipe.