Dead good spaghetti carbonara

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1. Video tutorial: Making pasta

1. Boil a large pan of water and cook the pasta following the packet instructions. Meanwhile, heat a knob of butter in a small frying pan and cook the shallot, garlic and bacon for 5-7 minutes until golden. Beat together the eggs, cream, most of the parmesan and plenty of ground black pepper.
2. Drain the spaghetti and return to the pan, off the heat. Add the shallot and egg mixtures and toss together until the pasta is evenly coated. Divide between two bowls then scatter the rest of the parmesan over, with a grinding of black pepper to serve.

Per serving

913 kcalories, protein 39.7g, carbohydrate 95.3g, fat 44.1 g, saturated fat 20.7g, fibre 3.9g, salt 2.57 g

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• bongo

  05 March 2009

  bongo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very nice, just added sliced mushrooms PERFECT

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• sjy

  08 March 2009

  sjy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  delicious and very easy to make

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• Boof

  08 March 2009

  Boof rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Brilliant! So easy and tasted really good! Will be a firm fave in my household!

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• Ryan UK

  08 March 2009

  Ryan UK rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So easy, So quick, So good!

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• geoffers1

  09 March 2009

  geoffers1 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Beautiful, I used half fat creme fraiche and smoked bacon lardons. Lovely sauce without all the calories!

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• sarah

  17 March 2009

  sarah rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Disappointed. I normally love creamy pasta dishes. Made the recipe to the letter and it wasn't particularly flavoursome and was too eggy/'sloshy'. We ate it but there're better carbonara recipes out there so won't be trying this one again :-(

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• Fiona

  18 March 2009

  Fiona commented on this recipe

  We really enjoyed it, much nicer than a couple of other carbonara recipes I've tried

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• SarahLovesFood

  22 March 2009

  SarahLovesFood rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely delicious, and so easy! Am going to make it again tonight!!!

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• JontyK19

  26 March 2009

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• Angela M

  08 April 2009

  Angela M commented on this recipe

  Absolutely lovely. will be a firm favourite in my house

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• Gemma

  14 April 2009

  Gemma rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Gorgeous! We loved it!!

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• Lucy

  20 April 2009

  Lucy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Everyone was so right, this was just lovely! My husband who finds spaghetti carbonara usually quite boring, just loved it! The children really enjoyed it and we served it with a green salad and the cheesy garlic bread, which was also fab. The shallots make it and I used half fat creme fraiche, which took nothing away from the taste. Will be a firm favourite for us.

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• CocoVanilla

  26 April 2009

  CocoVanilla rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very good and quite easy to make... Even though the egg mixture turned into scrambled eggs when I was blending everything together. The pan was too hot. It was still tasty, but needed more salt.

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• eatthebiscuit

  27 April 2009

  eatthebiscuit rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great recipe, agree with all that's been said above. I did use ham instead of bacon though as with all that cream, eggs and cheese I wanted something lean, it worked really well. Also, there was plenty left over for lunch tomorrow so would say it would easily serve 3 people.

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• recipes

  30 April 2009

  recipes rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Love this version - very quick & easy and even my husband who doesn't usually like cream pasta sauces asked for seconds

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• fifi

  02 May 2009

  fifi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely my husband says it's better than any he's ever had in a restaurant!!

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• Spot the dog

  07 May 2009

  Spot the dog commented on this recipe

  Used red onion, pancetta, added some mushrooms and half fat creme fraiche (made us feel less naughty!) and used angel hair spaghetti. It was delicious and will definately make again (when we are feeling thin). Only problem - there was such a lot of it! Perhaps my kitchen weighing scales are not working (at least enough for 4). Next time I'll cut down on the amount of pasta. However, as we could not freeze we managed to polish off the whole lot! We could'nt move all evening!

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• BeccaBryant

  11 May 2009

  BeccaBryant rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this for my friends, it went down a treat! Would definately recommend for anybody wanting to wow their diners!

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• Jo Jo

  21 May 2009

  Jo Jo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Quick & simple dinner recipe for the entire family. Very tasty indeed!

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Ingredients

• 250g spaghetti
• butter
• 1 shallot , finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
• 6 rashers of streaky bacon , chopped
• 2 eggs
• 142ml carton single cream
• 25g parmesan , finely grated

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Serves 2

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Ingredients

• 250g spaghetti
• butter
• 1 shallot , finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
• 6 rashers of streaky bacon , chopped
• 2 eggs
• 142ml carton single cream
• 25g parmesan , finely grated

Per serving

913 kcalories, protein 39.7g, carbohydrate 95.3g, fat 44.1 g, saturated fat 20.7g, fibre 3.9g, salt 2.57 g

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