Saturday, January 19, 2013

Vegetable Carbonara

What You Will Need:

  • 1 pound rigatoni
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 crown broccoli – trimmed, halved
  • 3 cloves garlic – minced
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes – halved
  • salt/pepper
  • 2 eggs – beaten
  • 3/4 cup pecorino – grated
  • 4 fresh basil leaves – roughly torn
  • 2 strips of crispy bacon – roughly chopped

 

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What To Do:

  1. Place a large pot of generously salted water on boil. When boiling add pasta and cook until al dente. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water. Drain. Set aside.
  2. In a large saute pan heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add broccoli and saute for 5 minutes. Add garlic. and tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper and cook until tomatoes are tender.
  3. In a large serving bowl add: eggs, cheese and a generous seasoning of black pepper. Mix to combine.
  4. To serving bowl add hot pasta. Toss to combine making sure all of pasta is coated with egg mixture. Add tomato mixture. Toss to combine. If mixture is too thick loosen with some of reserved pasta water.
  5. Garnish with basil and bacon.

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Vegetable Carbonara

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