Recipe: Carbonara

Here's a Carbonara Recipe that I would like to share with all you pasta lovers out there... 

A carbonara sauce is typically made with bacon, eggs, and cheese. We've added a little half-and-half for a silky texture.

Spaghetti Carbonara

  

Ingredients : Serves 4

·         1 pound spaghetti

·         8 ounces (8 slices) bacon, cut 1 inch thick crosswise

·         Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

·         3 large eggs

·         3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving

·         1/2 cup half-and-half

Directions

1.     Set a large pot of water to boil (for pasta). In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 12 minutes; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate.

2.     Salt boiling water generously; add pasta and cook until al dente, according to package instructions.

3.     Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together eggs, Parmesan, and half-and-half. Set aside.

4.     Drain pasta, leaving some water clinging to it. Working quickly add hot pasta to egg mixture. Add bacon; season with salt and pepper, and toss all to combine (heat from pasta will cook eggs). Serve immediately, sprinkled with additional Parmesan cheese.

Thanks to my dear friend Chelo for this recipe.

Lifted from: The Heart of Chel

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The City of Baguio (Ilokano: Ciudad ti Baguio; Filipino: Lungsod ng Baguio) is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway. Baguio City was designated by the Philippine Commission as the Summer Capital of the Philippines on June 1, 1903 and incorporated as a city by the Philippine Assembly on September 1, 1909. Baguio is the seat of government of the Cordillera Administrative Region. The name of the city is derived from the word bagiw in Ibaloi, the indigenous language of the Benguet Region, meaning 'moss'. The city is at an altitude of approximately 1500 meters (5100 ft) in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion conducive to the growth of mossy plants and orchids. Baguio City has become the center of business and commerce as well as the center of education in the entire Northern Luzon.

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