Egg Fettuccine with Figs, Rosemary, and Pancetta
Egg Fettuccine with Figs, Rosemary, and Pancetta might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One portion of this dish contains roughly 30g of protein, 44g of fat, and a total of 650 calories. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. If you have rosemary, firm-ripe figs, garlic cloves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the figs you could follow this main course with the Panna Cotta With Figs as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.
Instructions
Tear bread into pieces and pulse in a blender or food processor until reduced to coarse crumbs.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then cook bread crumbs with salt and pepper to taste, stirring constantly, until golden brown and crisp, about 5 minutes.
Transfer to a plate to cool.
Heat remaining tablespoon oil in cleaned skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook pancetta, stirring, until golden brown and crisp.
Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.
Add onion to skillet and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, about 4 minutes.
Add garlic and rosemary and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in wine and boil, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced to about 1 tablespoon.
Remove from heat and stir in broth, figs, parsley, half of pancetta, and lemon juice.
Cook fettuccine in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander.
Add fettuccine to fig mixture with 1/4 cup reserved cooking water and salt and pepper to taste.
Heat over low heat, tossing gently and adding more cooking water if mixture becomes dry, until just heated through.
Serve pasta topped with bread crumbs and remaining pancetta.