Sfoglia's Spaghetti Carbonara
- 12 cup pancetta or 12 cup thick-sliced bacon, diced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- salt (for boiling pasta)
- 1 lb spaghetti (could also use fresh spaghetti or linguini)
- 6 large egg yolks (approx. 1 per person)
- 14 lb parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated
- Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Add a generous amount of salt, then pasta to boiling water.
- Fry bacon in large pan until crisp, add pepper.
- Once pasta is cooked to al dente, lightly drain pasta (use a pasta cooker that you can pull the middle out and dont drain it all the way, or else use a spider or tongs dont dump the pasta into a colander!
- You need some of the cooking liquid for the sauce.
- ), add pasta to bacon in pan.
- Add egg yolks all at once, break and start tossing with the pasta and bacon very quickly.
- If eggs start looking scrambled, add more pasta water.
- Your finished dish should look like cream has been added, but without needing to have added cream.
- Add parmesan and toss well.
- Garnish with additional parmesan and pepper, and serve immediately on warmed plates.
pancetta, fresh ground black pepper, salt, could also, egg yolks, cheese
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sfoglias-spaghetti-carbonara-280959 (may not work)