Thursday 1 August 2013

Carbonara

This has been a favourite 'home alone' lunch for years. I think I first got the recipe from one of my student cookbooks.

Ingredients (serves 1)
75g tagliatelle or spaghetti
1 egg, beaten and seasoned
1 rasher bacon, sliced
3 mushrooms, sliced
1 spring onion, sliced
Cheese, grated (as much as you want)
Sweetcorn (optional)

* Cook pasta to packet instructions, adding sweetcorn if wanted
* Meanwhile, fry bacon, onion and mushroom together
* Drain the pasta, return to the pan then add the bacon etc, beaten egg and cheese
* Stir well. The heat of the pasta will cook the egg. Finish with a generous amount of black pepper. 

Don't be tempted to put the pan back on the heat or you might end up with scrambled egg!

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