Updated on April 20th, 2019
Spaghetti Carbonara is perfect for your weekly dinner menu. This dish is a classic that combines bacon with noodles, an egg mixture and a delicious wine sauce. The Parmesan cheese is an important ingredient in this recipe because of the flavor that it adds. This recipe does call for raw egg; however, any bacteria will be killed when the egg mixture is combined with the hot noodles. Enjoy.
(Makes 6 Servings)
PrintSpaghetti Carbonara Recipe
- Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 slices bacon (diced)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 garlic clove (minced)
- ¼ cup white wine
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine eggs, parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Mix well and set aside. Cook noodles according to package directions.
- While noodles are coking. In a medium skillet over medium heat cook bacon until slightly crispy. Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels. Leave about 2 tablespoons of bacon fat in the pan and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add chopped onion and cook until the onion is tender. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add wine and cook for another minute.
- Drain noodles when they are finished cooking and put into a large serving dish. While the noodles are still very hot toss them with the parmesan/egg mixture. Then add the onion and wine mixture and toss well to coat. Then add bacon and toss again. Top with parsley and additional parmesan cheese for serving.
