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Spaghetti alla carbonara

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For 6 serving
Preparation : 5 minutes - Cooking : 10 minutes

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This recipe, originating from Latium, is made up with eggs, guanciale (or failing that with pancetta), oil and Pecorino. The original recipe doesn't use cream: the creamy mixture is obtained by the emulsion of the cooking water and the eggs. If however you wish to add some, replace the egg whites with the same quantity of cream.

spaghetticarbonara

Ingredients

600 g spaghetti
150 g guanciale (unsmoked pig cheeks) or pancetta (bacon of chest)
150 g onions
2 whole eggs
1 egg yolk
80 ml dry white wine
15 ml olive oil
200 g Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan)
salt, pepper

Preparation

Mix in a salad bowl whole eggs, the yolk, the Pecorino, salt, pepper and oil.

Dice the guanciale or the pancetta et fry it in a pan. When it starts to gild, drain and reserve. Make bleach onions. Return the pancetta in the pan and add the wine gradually. Evaporate. Let cool before adding the mixture in the salad bowl.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add spaghettis and cook until al dente. Reserve one cup of cooking water before to drain pasta.

Gradually lengthen the mixture in the salad bowl with a few spoonfuls of cooking water in short in order not to cook eggs but to transform them into cream. Mix quickly. Drain the spaghettis and pour them on eggs. Mix and serve immediately with grated Pecorino.

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