The Best Italian Dish: Pasta Carbonara with Garlic Crumbs
Pasta carbonara is undoubtedly one of the best Italian dishes out there, and yet it's often found on restaurant menus at extortionate prices. In this article, we'll show you how to make a delicious pasta carbonara at home using just three simple ingredients: cream cheese, eggs, and bacon.
To start, let's talk about the importance of texture in our dish. We're going to add a garlic crumb topping to give it a nice crunch. To do this, we need a garlic crumb machine - or rather, a blender with a garlic flatbread attachment. If you don't have one of these machines, you can simply crush some garlic bread into small pieces and use that instead. Now, let's get started by blending the crushed garlic into a fine crumb.
Once we have our garlic crumb mixture, it's time to pop it in the oven at 150-160 degrees Celsius until it becomes crispy. This will add a nice texture contrast to our dish. While the breadcrumbs are baking, we can start cooking our pasta according to package instructions. Remember to salt the boiling water and stir the pasta after about a minute to prevent the strands from sticking together.
Now that our pasta is cooked, let's move on to making our sauce. We'll need some smoked petta - or Italian bacon - which we'll fry in a hot pan until it reaches a golden color. Next, we'll add two eggs to the pan and cook them until they're just done. This will give us two whole eggs, but we only need the yolks for our sauce. Don't worry if you accidentally get some shell into your egg - it's an easy mistake to make! Instead, you can simply wash your hands and try again.
Now that we have our egg yolks, let's add a slug of cream and some grated parmesan cheese to the pan. This will give us the basis of our sauce, which is surprisingly simple yet incredibly delicious. Be careful not to overcook the eggs, as this can make them scramble instead of cook smoothly.
Once our sauce is ready, we can add it to the cooked pasta and stir everything together. The key is to heat the pasta just enough so that the egg cooks in the sauce. Add some crispy bacon bits and a sprinkle of garlic crumb topping, and you're ready to plate!
The best part about making pasta carbonara at home is that it's incredibly cheap and can feed huge portions. You can have all the garlic bread you want on the side, too - after all, a little bit of extra garlic never hurts!
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