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blogging 101, cat, cooking, easy, egg, Ireland, italian, parmesan, pasta, science, spaghetti, sphinx
Well, my mom left for Ireland a couple days ago. Funnily enough, with out me. Hmmm, I am not sure how I keep letting people run off to Ireland without me. Well, since my mom has been staying at home while she starts her new consulting firm; I have gotten a little too used to her making me food before I go to work. Today, however, she is in Ireland so I had to fend for myself. I remembered this amazing recipe that she used to make all the time for me called Spaghetti alla Carbonara, or in American, Spaghetti with egg and Parmesan.
Also, since my mom is gone I have no one to proof read my blog for me. So if there are any major problems don’t look at me; direct your gaze across the pond. (LOL)
This recipe is one of the best things to make any time. It is simple, easy and it always hits the spot!
Ingredients:
2 tbs olive oil
½ cup bacon, cut into matchsticks
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 lb spaghetti
3 eggs, at room temperature
¾ c grated parmesan cheese
salt and freshly ground pepper
Part 1:
First, bring a large pan of water with a pinch of salt in it to a boil.
While that is beginning to boil, sauté the bacon and the garlic in the olive oil in a medium sauce pan. Keep this over medium heat until the garlic starts to turn brown and the bacon begins to render its fat.
Once the pan of water is at a full boil add the spaghetti to the water and follow the cooking instructions on the pasta package.
While the pasta is cooking, mix the egg and Parmesan together in a large bowl. I used just used a fork to mix the eggs and Parmesan. You don’t need anything fancy.
Once the pasta is done cooking, drain the water off and immediately dump all of the drained noodles into the large bowl with the egg and cheese. Moving quickly, next pour the bacon, garlic and all the rendered fat on top of the pasta.
Then just mix it all together. Salt and pepper to taste and you have Spaghetti alla Carbonara. Serve immediately, I like to sprinkle a little extra parm on top but I am a cheese fiend so it’s up to you. (LOL)
The cool thing about this recipe, I think, is that the hot bacon fat and the hot pasta actually cook the eggs. So there is no raw egg in your final product just a thin eggy coating on your noodles. SCIENCE!!! J
If desired this recipe is also really good if you throw in some peas!
After I was done making the pasta, I plopped down on the couch with Mowgli to watch Aristocats haha I love that movie! I was thinking that I can show Mowgli how he can be a star too! We already watched Austin Powers and the Friends episode where Rachel gets a hairless cat “The one with the ball.” So I filled my stomach while I filled Mowgli with dreams of stardom. (LOL)
I hope you like this awesome recipe as much as I did!
Thanks for reading!
<3,
Zoey and Mowgli J
P.S. My mom wanted to let you all know that, while in Ireland, she will be writing a food and travel blog called “There and Brack.” If you like my blog at all, you will love hers because as usual, I learned everything I know from that woman! Also, I forgot to mention on my previous blogs that my sister has been blogging about her experiences in Ireland while on an anthropological dig! Her blog is called “Bone Girl in Prison” (I thought of the name, once you read the blog you will get it). Both those ladies are amazing writers and you might find their adventures even a little more exciting than mine and Mowgli’s, but don’t forget about us! (LOL)