Untraditional Pasta Carbonara
- 1/2 pounds Smoked Bacon, Sliced
- 1 cup Chopped Yellow Onion
- 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 2 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour
- 1 cup Whole Milk
- 3/4 pounds Spaghetti, Fettucini Or Long Pasta
- 13 cups Grated Parmesan Cheese Plus More For Garnish
- 1 whole Egg
- 1 whole Egg Yolk
- 1/4 cups Butter
- 1 cup Reserved Hot Pasta Water
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- Bring a large pot of water to boil for the pasta.
- In a large heavy bottom skillet, cook bacon until crisp.
- Remove bacon from pan to drain on paper towels.
- Pour off any excess bacon grease, leaving about 2 tablespoons.
- Saute onions and garlic until tender, 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle flour over onions and garlic and stir to create a paste.
- Slowly pour in milk and whisk to remove any lumps.
- Turn off heat.
- (This should look like a thick sauce or even closer to a paste.
- Dont worry, thats normal and how its supposed to look!)
- Stir in half the cooked bacon into the sauce.
- Set aside.
- Drop pasta into salted, boiling cooking water.
- In a large bowl, stir parmesan cheese, egg and egg yolk together.
- Cut butter into small pats.
- Remove about 1 cup of pasta water and drain pasta completely.
- Immediately pour hot pasta into a large bowl with the egg mixture.
- Using tongs, start to toss pasta.
- Pour in onion paste and continue to toss.
- It is at this point where you can start to pour in some reserved cooking liquid to get the smooth saucy consistency youd likemake sure to go slow!
- Stir in pats of butter with salt and pepper.
- Continue to toss until butter has melted.
- Serve immediately with remaining cooked bacon and more parmesan cheese.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/untraditional-pasta-carbonara/ (may not work)