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                     -= Exported from BigOven =-                   Fresh Pasta Sheets with Parsley The whole parsley leaves rolled into this pasta make it especially pretty but you can easily leave them out. Simply omit Step 3 of the recipe. Recipe By: Serving Size: 8 Cuisine: Main…
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                        Spaghetti Carbonara
Recipe By: From “Garlic and Sapphires” by Ruth Reichel
Serving Size: 3
Cuisine: Italian
Main Ingredient: Pasta
Categories: Easy, Pasta, Main Dish
-= Ingredients =-
3/4 pound Spaghetti
1/4 to 1/2 pound Bacon ; Good Quality Thickly sliced
2 cloves Garlic ; Peeled
2 large Eggs
to taste Black Pepper
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese ; Grated plus extra for the table
-= Instructions =-
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When it is boiling, throw the spaghetti in. Most dried spaghetti takes 9 to 10 minutes to cook, and you can make the sauce in that time.
Cut the bacon crosswise into pieces about 1/2 inch wide. Put them in a skillet and cook for 2 minutes, until fat begins to render. Add the whole cloves of garlic and cook another 5 minutes, until the edges of the bacon just begin to get crisp. Do not overcook; if they get too crisp, they won’t meld with the pasta.
Meanwhile, break the eggs into the bowl you will serve the pasta in, and beat them with a fork. Add some grindings of pepper.
Remove the garlic from the bacon pan. If it looks like too much fat to you, discard some, but you’re going to toss the bacon with most of its fat into the pasta.
When it is cooked, drain the pasta and immediately throw it into the beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly. The heat of the spaghetti will cook the eggs and turn them into a sauce. Add the bacon with its fat, toss again, add cheese and serve.
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In Letters to a Young Chef, Daniel Boulud, cookbook author, chef, and owner of Daniel, Café Boulud, and DB Bistro Moderne in New York City, briefly covers what he believes are the most important building blocks to becoming a great chef. I bought this book…