SPAGHETTI CARBONARA

I adore the simplicity of Italian pasta dishes .
This is a delicious , elegant dish which can successfully be served as a main meal .

Heat a tbs of oil and a dsp of butter /marg in a pan over a med heat .

Add about 100gm of sliced pancetta , cut into thin slices , stir until the pancetta starts to crisp .

Now stir in 1 dsp of minced garlic or 3 garlic cloves peeled and finely chopped .

Now remove the pan from the heat and set aside .

Cook 400gm of pasta in boiling water .

While the pasta is cooking beat 3 eggs together in a small bowl along with 150 ml of cream and season with salt and cracked pepper .

Now drain the pasta .

Return the pasta to the saucepan add the egg mixture and the pancetta and toss to coat the pasta .

Add 100gm of finely grated parmesan  ( or a mix of grated pecorino and grated parmesan ) and 2 tbs of finely chopped flat leafed parsley .

Now sit an extra egg yolk in its shell on each dish to stir through the pasta at the table .

This will give you a super creamy sauce and the residual heat from the pasta will cook the egg .