Zucchini and Bacon Carbonara Pasta

For the recipe (2 portions)

125 g spaghetti
100g pancetta
1 big zucchini (300g)
1 egg mixture

For the Egg mixture

3 large eggs
25g grated hard cheese
freshly ground black pepper (a lot!)
Salt to taste

Recipe

1) Prepare the egg mixture first by combining all the ingredients. Some recipes use egg yolk too or only that but it would require more of it.
2) Dice your bacon in little squares. Cut the courgette too. I like it in bigger pieces.
3) In the skillet, without any oil, cook the bacon on low heat to release more fat. As it gets crispier, add the courgette pieces to cook. When it turns soft, turn off the heat.
4) Cook the pasta in hot water (I add salt to it ) and when it gets al dente, drain it and put it straight in your skillet. It should cook down a little. Then put your egg mixture and immediately mix it so your eggs start cooking slowly. 5) When we’ll mix, turn on the heat on low and cook until it gets silky.
Taste the sauce and adjust with the salt now. Serve it immediately after that with some finishing grounded black pepper.
6) Enjoy!

Song:
Spaghetti In The Sky
Produced by Danya Vodovoz,
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Carbonara one of my favorite Italian dishes it’s made of cured meat hard cheese and black pepper when I prepare at home I like to have it with zucchini too I think it makes it more nutritious and adds an interesting texture to it also it tastes good too it’s a very

Delicate dish that requires some technique otherwise your sauce is going to curle so let’s do It I start with the zucchini you know this dish was made for Charco workers it’s a food full of carbs and fat which is good if your routine demand a lot of energy like them but in my daily routine I I don’t need that much energy so I add

Zucchini in order to reduce the amount of pasta that I eat every day plus it adds some fibers to the dish making it into a whole meal in one plate hey it’s a very Italian vegetable so I think I’m not committing any crime in here about

The cut I like to chop some bite-sized pieces because I like the crunch it gives in contrast to the pasta the zucchini will reduce in size as it Cooks so I C slightly bigger than I want like this you see for the bacon I have two

Skinless pieces I want them to be very crispy so I’m cutting them into cubes actually the traditional recipe calls for Guan chali which is a cured meat product prepared from pork cheeks the bacon comes from the park belly I tried both and I prefer the bacon in this case

Because I feel it’s more meaty now the egg mixture which is basically cheese and eggs this is a Brazilian hard cheese called K de Min mayura normally you’ll see the use of peino cheese for this recipe but it’s really expensive in here I think any hard cheese like parmesan would work too

Now add the eggs I’m using three eggs for this person then season this with pepper and salt the black pepper is one of the main ingredients of this dish so I’m being very generous on the other hand for the salt I’m being conservative because the bacon and cheese are already very salty

Now we whisk everything and there you go we have sauce with everything ready we can start to put the elements in the pan the first one is bacon put the bacon in the pan and then turn on the heat this will allow to slowly heat the bacon helping

It release its fat not being necessary to put any more oil in this recipe after some minutes the bacon will start to fry in its own fat stir a little bit until it turns crispy then put your diced zucchini let them sweat and fry for a while if your

Pieces of bacon are leaner than mine you can add some oil just to not let the zucchinis stick in the pan while you’re cooking them start your pasta I’ll use dry pasta today since it’s a weak night meal and it’s easy for me to have it at

Home cook your pasta until it’s alente or one step before that I say that because it will cook a little bit more with the warm sauce later when your bacon and zucchini are well cooked turn off your heat and put your drain pasta on it I’m using a cast iron pan for this

But it was not the best choice because it retains too much heat and it increases the risk of scrumping my egg mixture the idea in here is that the heat of the pasta will slowly cook the eggs this process will allow the cheese to melt and combine with the eggs and

The fat in the pan turning all of it into a glossy carbonada sauce first the mixture will look thin but then gradually it will magically thicken if you think you need you can turn on the heat on low and keep mixing when you see that your sauce is

Sticking to your zucchini like this it’s time to stop immediately and prepare your plate if it stays there it will cook further break the sauce and it will become scramble eggs we don’t want that this one almost became one because I was busy trying to film everything now let’s

Put it on the plate a nice person for me like this and let’s put some bacon and zucchini on top of it for the thumbnail picture I like some finishing freshly ground black pepper just for the touch and good now look at this this this is a

Full meal in one plate with a good balance of meat vegetables and carbs this food is so delicious these charcoal workers really knew how to eat do you think they would enjoy the zucchini part twoo or they would arrest me Wellow N