Recipes & Stuff!! - Carbonara Pie

Carbonara Pie

Ingredients

300g Alce Nero Organic Spaghetti, 200g bacon, 1 stalk leek (sliced), 1 bunch sweet basil (sliced), 2 large eggs, 3 large yolks, 1 ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 200g grated Parmesan cheese, 1 cups fresh cream

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 220˚C. Grease a 9-inch pie pan.

2. Saute bacon with some oil until both side turns brown; and then cut into 1 cm cubes, drain.

3. Boil a pot of water with 2 tsp salt. Blanch leek and basil for 1 minute and dish out, set aside.

4. Use the same pot of boiling water to scud Alce Nero Organic Spaghetti for 12 minutes and drain.

5. While cooking spaghetti, in a large bowl, whisk eggs, yolks, salt, pepper, fresh cream and 100g of cheese together. Then add in hot spaghetti, blanched leek, basil and bacon cubes, toss to combine.

6. Pour mixture into the prepared pie pan and sprinkle the balance of cheese on top.

7. Bake 35 minutes or until brown.
8. Cut into wedges to serve.

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