Pasta Carbonara
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recipe by Gina Hughes https://www.thepassionatepantry.com.au
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- Total Time
- 48mins
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- Serves
- 4
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- Calories
- 1401
Who doesn’t love a good pasta carbonara! This is my version which I love making as it is so easy to do. This is definitely a quick midweek meal that the family will enjoy.
Inspired by: https://www.thepassionatepantry.com.au/ginas-pasta-carbonara/recipe updated 12 Jan 2022
Ingredients
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- Parmesan cheese
- 100 g
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- Water
- 1.2 kg
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- Bacon
- 300 g
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- Spring onion
- 4
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- Fresh parsley
- 6 sprigs
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- Parmesan cheese
- as needed
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- Olive oil
- 20 g
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- Sea salt
- 1 teaspoon
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- Ghee
- 1 tablespoon
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- Double cream
- 300 g
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- Vegetable stock powder
- 2 tablespoons
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- Egg
- 1
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- Baby spinach
- 80 g
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- Penne
- 500 g
Tools
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Stove
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TM5
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Large saucepan
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Medium bowl
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Tm5 bowl
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Small bowl
Step preview
- Add parmesan cheese to the TM5 bowl
- Blitz with MC fitted - 10 sec, speed 9
- Transfer content of TM5 bowl to small bowl then set aside
- Add water, olive oil and sea salt to the TM5 bowl
- Heat - 10 min, 100°C, speed 1
- Add ghee to a clean large saucepan
- Heat until sizzling
- Add bacon to the large saucepan
- Fry until lightly browned - approx 3-4 min
- Add spring onion to the large saucepan
- Fry - approx 3 min
- Reduce heat completely
- Add double cream, vegetable stock powder and egg to a clean medium bowl
- Mix
- Add baby spinach and fresh parsley to a clean medium bowl
- Add the pasta through the MC hole, then placing the basket on top
- Cook - 11 min, 100°C, reverse gentle stir
- Get a colander ready in the sink to drain the pasta (I use my Veroma tray, sits perfectly across my sink), and a small cup measure to pour in some of the cooking liquid which you may need to add to the pasta dish
- When there is only 2-3 minutes left for the pasta to cook, turn your pan on the stove to medium heat again
- Stir the bacon and spring onions in the pot to start to pick up some of the sediment on the base that will have softened whilst the heat was switched off
- As soon as the pasta is ready, take the TM bowl to the sink, pour a little of the cooking liquid into the cup measure first, and then drain the pasta into the colander
- Add hot pasta to pot, along with cream mix, Parmesan, spinach and parsley and stir through; if it looks like it needs a little more liquid, then add some of the saved pasta cooking liquid (I usually add a little to keep the mix loose)
- Switch the heat off, cover the pot and let sit for five minutes to absorb flavours
- Let rest - 5 min
- Serve with more parmesan cheese and your favourite green salad