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Bacon&Egg Carbonara

Recipe Cuisine: Pasta
Recipe Category: Pasta
Recipe Serves: 4

Recipes Ingredients:

8 oz Sliced bacon (about 10
2 c Sour cream
-slices) cut into 1" squares 1/4
c Chopped chives or thinly
8 oz Dry thin pasta, such as
-sliced green onions,
-capellini or vermicelli; or
-including tops
-1 pkg (9 oz) 4
Egg yolks
Angel hair Pasta 1
c Grated parmesan cheese

Recipe Instructions:

In a wide fry pan; cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Spoon off and discard all but 3 TBSP of the drippings; keep pan with bacon warm over lowest heat. In a 5 - 6 quart pan; cook Pasta in three quarts boiling water just until tender to bite (@3 minutes for dry capellini. 8-10 minutes for dry vermicelli, and 1 to 2 minutes for fresh angel hair pasta); or cook according to package directions. After adding the Pasta to the boiling water, spoon 1/2 c of the sour cream into each of 4 wide, shallow bowls; place bowls in a 200 degree Oven while completing cooking. Drain Pasta well; add Pasta and chives to bacon in the pan. Mix lightly, using two forks. Spoon an equal portion of Pasta mixture into each warm bowl. Make a nest in the center of each; slip in an Egg yolk. Mix each portion individually and sprinkle with cheese. Makes 4 servings. SOURCE: Sunset: Fresh Ways with Pasta; 1990 _O_ ~\_O_ /( )\ ( )\ ~ / \ ~ \\ ~ \ \ // ... Dancin' outta Sandee's Kitchen...;)! ~ ~ ~~


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