# Pasta Carbonara

Pasta carbonara is an easy and quick dish that is ready in 15 minutes.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g pasta
- 4 egg yolks
- 200 g grated cheese
- 200 g bacon or tocino
- salt
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Add a handful of salt to boiling water.
2. Add the pasta.
3. Separate the egg yolks from the whites.
4. Put the egg yolks in a bowl.
5. Add a pinch of salt and some freshly ground black pepper to each of the yolks.
6. Beat the yolks a little and add a generous amount of grated cheese.
7. Mix with a fork until both ingredients are integrated.
8. Put bacon or tocino cut into squares in a pan.
9. Fry the bacon in its own fat for about 3 minutes.
10. Remove the bacon from the heat.
11. Introduce the bacon in the same bowl where you had prepared the mixture of egg and cheese.
12. Drain the pasta from its water and introduce it here too.
13. Add a little of the pasta cooking water.
14. Integrate all the ingredients together.
15. Plate and add a little more freshly ground black pepper.

## Equipment

- pan
- pot
- fork
- colander

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/OIs9tgALGNU?si=jiMmViXo5EdiszHs
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3676ef37-9e8b-4c0a-b74e-d89dcd457c51
- Extracted: 2025-04-02

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