Truly authentic Italian carbonara with bacon coal miners' recipe.
Prep
25 min
Cook
59 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
1
, 16 ounce
12 slices thick-cut
, applewood-smoked bacon
2 tablespoons olive oil
, divided
1 onion
, finely chopped
2 large cloves garlic
, minced
0.25 cups dry vermouth
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
0.5 cups whipping cream
, Optional
4 eggs
, beaten
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
Instructions
1
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
2
Meanwhile, place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels. Reserve 2 tablespoons bacon fat in the skillet and discard the rest. Chop bacon when cool enough to handle.
3
Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and onion to reserved bacon fat in the skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour vermouth into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon, about 1 minute. Mix in chopped bacon.
4
Drain spaghetti, transfer to a large serving bowl, and mix in remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Add bacon-onion mixture, Parmesan cheese, cream, eggs, and pepper to the hot pasta; stir until spaghetti is well coated and sauce is creamy.
Nutrition per serving
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