Pasta Carbonara, Super Spicy

Pasta Carbonara spicier than normal, super tasty.

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Italian

17 reviews 
Ready in 30 minutes
by me2earth

Ingredients

1 teaspoon salt divided for boiling and to taste on pasta

1 teaspoon ground black pepper to taste

1 pound pasta such as spaghetti or rigatoni (whole wheat increases flavor)

0.25 cup Grape seed oil (enough to coat bottom of pan)

0.25 pound Pancetta chopped (substitute lean bacon to reduce cost)

1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional spice ingredient for a milder but still spicy flavor)

2 Habeñero peppers finely chopped (optional ingredient for spicier flavor)

6 cloves Garlic chopped

3 whole sun dried tomatoes chopped

1 cup Dry white wine

2 large egg yolks

0.5 cup Romano cheese freshly grated

1 handful Parsley for garnish


Directions

1. Put a large saucepot of water on to boil. Add a liberal amount of salt and the pasta. Cook to al dente, about 8 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and pancetta or bacon. Brown for 2 minutes. 3. Add red pepper flakes (or Habeñero if you want it spicier) and garlic and cook 2 to 3 minutes more. 4. Add wine plus the sun dried tomatoes and stir up all the pan drippings. 5. In a separate bowl, beat yolks, then add 1 large ladleful (about 1/2 cup) of the pasta cooking water to temper the eggs and keep them from scrambling when added to the pasta [the gluten in the pasta water does the trick—don't worry, except in the rarest of cases, and contrary to alarmist fads, gluten (a natural protein) is good for you, or at the least, harmless]. 6. Drain pasta well and add it directly to the skillet with pancetta and oil. Pour the egg mixture over the pasta. Toss rapidly to coat the pasta without cooking the egg. 7. Remove pan from heat and add a big handful of cheese, lots of pepper and a little salt. Continue to toss and turn the pasta until it soaks up egg mixture and thickens, 1 to 2 minutes. Garnish with parsley and extra grated Romano.

Reviews


Very veryyyy tasty but not spicy at all for me (I've a higher threshold than most ppl I think).

chitraliyana

I used jalapeno pepper instead and was very spicy and hot.

dmcmil4911

kaylaschindel

I enjoyed this quite a bit, although I only used one habanero and didn't really taste much spice. I did use more pasta, bacon, and sun dried tomatoes than the recipe called for, so perhaps I overwhelmed the peppers with too many other ingredients. Next time we'll try two habaneros and see how it comes out. Hubby enjoyed it and he has been lukewarm on carbonara in the past - I liked that it had no cream and less eggs, so it's more focused on the bacon, tomatoes, and pasta. We agree that it would be good with mushrooms, so next time we'll add them.

Hilpol

Nom nom :)

kcuedek

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