Bacon Carbonara. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Classic Italian recipes are a popular section of recipes on the site including Meat Lasagna, Chicken Parmesan and Marinara Sauce. A quick and easy dinner that is made in minutes!

No cream, no complicated sauces, just the real deal. The creamy carbonara sauce can't be any simpler. I love fast and easy dinner dishes. You can have Bacon Carbonara using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bacon Carbonara

You need 200 grams of spaghetti.
It's 100 grams of bacon (thick slices).
Prepare 1 tsp of olive oil.
You need 2 of eggs.
It's 60 grams of grated pecorino cheese.
Prepare of salt.
You need of ground black pepper.

Sounds more like breakfast, doesn't it? The key to Carbonara is that it relies on the heat of the pasta to cook the eggs until they make a creamy sauce coating the pasta. Pasta, eggs, cheese, and bacon come together in the ultimate Italian favorite: spaghetti carbonara. Once cooked, pull bacon from oven and let it rest for a few minutes.

Bacon Carbonara step by step

Dice bacon and fry it in a pan together with olive oil.
Whip both eggs together with pecorino cheese and pepper (leave a tablespoon of pecorino aside for the final touch).
Add fried bacon to the whipped eggs.
Boil spaghetti in salted water then drain them.
Mix together spaghetti (while they are still very hot) and the whipped eggs mixture until you obtain a creamy texture. If it looks too liquid you can quickly put everything on the stove which should be still hot, but just for few seconds or the eggs will excessively thicken..
Serve with ground black pepper and a sprinkle of pecorino.

Then chop bacon into bacon bits. Cook pasta according to package directions. While the pasta is cooking, fry the bacon until just barely crisp. Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels. Pour off all of the bacon grease, but don't clean the pan.