Fettuccine Carbonara

Fettuccine Carbonara

Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 4 slices bacon, fat removed and chopped into chunks (the smokey variety is tastier)
• 600 ml light cream
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, the shredded variety
• 1 teaspoon salt, I usually add a little more
• pepper
• 500 g fettuccine pasta
• 1 teaspoon oil, for boiling pasta
• 1 teaspoon salt, for boiling pasta
• parmesan cheese, extra

Directions

• 1 Place water in a large saucepan with a little oil and salt.
• 2 Bring to the boil and add fettucine.
• 3 Stir for a few minutes to prevent fettucine from sticking together.
• 4 Meanwhile, heat oil in a saucepan and gently cook onion, garlic and bacon on medium heat until onion becomes soft being careful not to burn.
• 5 In a bowl beat the eggs.
• 6 Pour in cream and whisk together.
• 7 Add salt and pepper and mix well.
• 8 Transfer cream mixture into saucepan (off the heat) with onion, garlic and bacon and stir quickly to combine.
• 9 When pasta is cooked, drain into a large serving bowl and stir in the carbonara sauce and combine well.
• 10 The heat of the pasta will cook the sauce and thicken.
• 11 Serve immediately with some extra parmesan cheese.