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two plates of creamy carbonara pasta with fresh parsley to garnish

Fettuccine Carbonara

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g dried fettuccine pasta
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 300 ml thickened cream
  • ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 rashers shortcut bacon diced
  • 2 cloves garlic finely diced
To Serve
  • fresh parsley to garnish (optional)
  • parmesan cheese grated

Method
 

  1. Bring a large pot of water to the boil and season generously with salt. Add pasta and cook acoording to packet instructions. Drain.
  2. Meanwhile, combine eggs, cream, cheese, garlic salt, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
  3. Add oil to a large fryig pan on medium-high heat and gently saute bacon and garlic until golden.
  4. Add pasta and remove from heat. Pour in cream mixture and stir to combine. Serve with fresh parsley and parmesan cheese.

Notes

Keep in mind that both the bacon and parmesan are quite salty so don't go overboard with the salt.