Dinner Tonight: Peppery Pasta Carbonara with Poached Egg

Name: Dinner Tonight: Peppery Pasta Carbonara with Poached Egg
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon (substitute pancetta or guanciale if you have it), chopped; 1 teaspoons black pepper, ground; 1 Tbsp butter; 2 eggs; 2 Tbsps fresh parsley, chopped; 158 milliliters grated Parmigiano-Reggiano; 2 servings Salt; 227 grams spaghetti or bucatini; 1 Tbsp white vinegar

Dinner Tonight: Peppery Pasta Carbonara with Poached Egg might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 2 servings with 852 calories, 38g of protein, and 38g of fat each. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A few people really liked this main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes. If you have parmigiano-reggiano, pepper, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Also, fill a medium-sized saucepan halfway up with water, place over medium heat, and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low to maintain a bare simmer, and add the white vinegar.

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Meanwhile, place bacon in a 10-inch nonstick skillet set over medium heat. Cook bacon, stirring occasionally, until crisp.

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Bacon

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Drain the chopped bacon on paper towels.

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Pour out all but 4 teaspoons of the bacon fat.

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Bacon Drippings

Add pasta to the pot of boiling water. Cook according to the directions on the side of the box until al dente. Reserve 2/3 cup of pasta water, and then drain pasta in a colander.

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Add butter to the nonstick skillet and turn the heat to medium-high. When butter melts, add pasta, cheese, black pepper, and the pasta water. Cook, tossing occasionally with a pair of 12-inch tongs, until the sauce has thickened.

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While the pasta is cooking, carefully slip the eggs into the medium-sized pot. Simmer very gently until whites have set, about three minutes. Carefully remove eggs with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. For more detailed instructions, follow these great directions on poaching an egg.

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