Carbonara

Pasta Carbonara is an incredibly easy dish to whip up in 20 minutes top. Serving it with fresh pasta be it gluten free or not, takes no extra time to unfold.

As I lately have a little time, I had been searching on the internet yesterday. In search of fresh, stirring tips, inspiring recipes that I have never used before, to astonish my loved ones with. Hunting for a long time yet couldn’t find too many interesting things. Right before I wanted to give up on it, I found this fabulous and easy treat simply by accident at Suncakemom. It seemed so mouth-watering on its pic, it required fast actions.

It had been not difficult to imagine just how it is made, its taste and how much boyfriend will like it. Actually, it is rather simple to please the guy in terms of cakes. Yes, I am a blessed one. Or maybe he is.Anyhow, I visited the page and then followed the step-by-step instuctions which were coupled with superb pictures of the task. It really makes life less difficult. I could suppose it’s a slight effort to shoot snap shots in the middle of baking in the kitchen as you typically have gross hands so I seriously appreciate the hard work she placed in to build this post and recipe easily implemented.

With that said I am encouraged presenting my personal recipe in a similar way. Thanks for the thought.

I was tweaking the original formula create it for the taste of my loved ones. I’ve got to tell you it was an awesome outcome. They loved the taste, the thickness and loved having a treat like this in the midst of a busy week. They quite simply wanted even more, a lot more. Hence next time I’m not going to commit the same mistake. I am likely to double the quantity .

Many Thanks to suncakemom for the mouth-watering Best Carbonara Recipe.

Base:

Heat oil in a pan then add the diced onion and salt. (Traditional Carbonara recipes don’t call for onion but onion is always good.)

Saute the onion on high heat for 5 minutes until it gets a glassy, translucent look then add the bacon, garlic and black pepper. If we cook with Pancetta or Guancale the process needs to be started with rendering the fat out of the meat and adding the onion after when there is enough fat to saute it. Also the fried bits of meat needs to be taken out while preparing the onion.

Turn the heat down to stir-fry the bacon and the onion until the onion slightly caramelizes and gets a brownish color in about 15 minutes.

Pasta:

Put the ingredients into a bowl and mix it well.Best-carbonara-recipe-with-traditional-or-gluten-free-pasta-process-2-SunCakeMom The mixture shouldn’t be runny nor dry to the touch but between that, it’s gonna be good to go.

Fill a pot halfway up and add 1/2 teaspoon/cup or 10g/liter Salt. Put the lid on and bring it to boil.

Take the lid off then start making the pasta in batches.

Use something with holes on like the opposite side of a shredder with big holes and a spatula or make the dumplings with a small spoon. Here we use a special tool called Spaetzle maker.

The dumplings will submerge upon getting into the water and float back up when cooked in about 30 seconds or less.

Take the surfaced pasta out from the cooking water and continue with the next batch.

Assembly:

Add the pasta to the onion, bacon, garlic and black pepper in the pan then stir-fry it on medium heat for a couple of minutes until all the ingredients are mixed well and uniformly heated.

Crack the eggs and beat them up in a bowl with the grated hard cheese.

Take the pan off heat and pour the egg right into the pasta while continuously stirring. Mind not to have a too hot pan as that will fry the eggs and we end up having fried egg noodles which is also a fine dish but far from Carbonara.

Serve immediately onto plates to avoid clogging of the egg.