School Night Carbonara

So fast and delicious… you will have time to make this amazing pasta and help your second grader with their homework.

Ingredients:

1 box of dry spaghetti

4 ounces of raw pancetta (or 4 strips of raw bacon)

1/2 cup of cooked peas

3 egg yolks

1 cup of fresh fine grated parmesan cheese

1/4 tsp black pepper

salt and olive oil for your pasta water

Instructions:

In a medium sauce pot, add 6-8 cups of water, a pinch of salt, and a tsp or 2 of olive oil. Bring pot to boil and add spaghetti. Cook according to the package instructions.

In a medium frying pan cook your bacon or pancetta to crispy over medium heat. Reserve 1 tbsp of bacon grease in the pan as well as the remnants left of the bacon/panc. Let the bacon/pancetta cool on a paper towel and chop.

In a small bowl add egg yolks and 3/4 cup of parmesan. When the pasta is finished cooking add 1/3 cup of the pasta water to the egg/cheese. Stir until completely combined. Drain pasta water and add to pan you cooked the bacon in. Over low medium heat toss the pasta in the bacon pan, add peas, and then finally add the cheese/egg mixture. stir continuously until completely coated and cheese has melted into a sauce. Serve immediately and top with bacon and parmesan.

Serves 4.