Pasta Carbonara

Method

• step 1

  Cut up the bacon into bitesize pieces and shallow fry. Boil the water for the pasta.

• step 2

  When the water is boiled, add the pasta and cook to instructions.

• step 3

  While keeping an eye on the pasta and bacon, get a round bowl and add all the other ingredients, along with a good pinch of salt and pepper.

• step 4

  Once the pasta is cooked, drain and return to the pan it was cooked in.

• step 5

  Add the bacon and cream mixture. Stir, cover and leave off the heat for 5 minutes for the egg to cook. Serve with extra parmesan to sprinkle over.