Real Spaghetti Carbonara

Introduction: I've always loved spaghetti carbonara, so wanted to try making my own, including the pasta from scratch and no cream in the pasta sauce! I used an electric pasta maker to make the spaghetti.


The Pasta:

Ingredients: 

• 400g spelt flour
• 4 eggs
• cornflour to avoid pasta sticking together

Method:

• Using the pasta maker, add the flour to the mixing well and then slowly add the egg through the liquid shoot and then allow the pasta to extrude.
• Cut the pasta into 20cm long strands.
• Wash the cornflour off the pasta in a colander and then immediately cook the pasta (I use the "boil water, add pasta, place lid on pot, boil pit again and then turn off pot without removing lid for 5 to 10 minutes till al dente" method.
• Time cooking of pasta with completion of sauce.

The Sauce:

        Ingredients:

• 4 eggs 
• 300g bacon
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated

        Method:

•  In a pot, fry bacon with a good amount of olive oil.
• Whisk eggs and mix in Parmesan cheese. Add a generous amount of pepper
• Once pasta is cooked, turn off the heat under the bacon and mix pasta in with bacon to get the bacon flavour coated around the pasta.
• Add egg mixture and mix around, coating the pasta. Make sure that your pot is not too hot or your eggs will scramble
• Enjoy with extra Parmesan cheese and pepper.

New Methods Learnt:

• Pasta extrusion

Result: I was so glad that I finally got to try to make this favourite of mine from scratch, including pasta from scratch. The result was delicious!