Pasta Carbonara spicier than normal, super tasty.
Category: Main Dish
Cuisine: Italian
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
Very veryyyy tasty but not spicy at all for me (I've a higher threshold than most ppl I think).
chitraliyanaI used jalapeno pepper instead and was very spicy and hot.
dmcmil4911I 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.
HilpolNom nom :)
kcuedek
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