Name: Marie’s Carbonara
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 lb bacon; 1 lb pasta; 1/2 cup pasta water; 1 stick butter; 2 egg; 1 cup cheese; black pepper

Easy, fast dinner with ingredients usually on hand - Tony likes angel hair pasta, I like farfalle

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Marie’s Carbonara

Cuisine: 01_Tony Courses: Pasta

Difficulty: Beginner Prep Time 15 mins Cook Time 15 mins Total Time 30 mins

Servings: 4

Best Season: Suitable throughout the year

Ingredients

1 lb bacon (sliced into approx. 1 1/2 inch pieces - I just cut the pound into 5ths, then pull apart the slices)
1 lb pasta (your choice - Tony prefers spaghetti, the rest of us prefer farfalle (bow-tie) or cavatappi)
¹⁄₂ cup pasta water (reserved from cooked pasta)
1 stick butter
2 egg (1-2 eggs, depending how creamy you like it)
1 cup cheese (parmesan (to taste))
black pepper (to taste)

Instructions

1. Cook bacon slices in large frying pan until crisp, stirring constantly.
2. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to directions, drain (reserving some of the pasta water).
3. Add butter to hot pasta, mix well.
4. Add eggs, mix well (the heat of the pasta will cook the eggs). If necessary, add back in some of the pasta water to make creamy.
5. Add bacon and cheese, mix well.
6. Liberally pepper.

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