Spaghetti Carbonara

No cream in this dish (true to Italian recipes) it's the egg and a dash of the water the spaghetti is cooked in that creates the creamy sauce.

It takes a mear 12 minutes to prepare and cook.....so perfect for busy schedules.

373 calories / 30g Carbs / 14g Fat / 27g Protein

Spaghetti Carbonara

Ingredients

• 75g Cooked ham trimmings

• 70g dried spaghetti

• 1 medium free range egg

• 1 tablespoon choped fresh basil

• 1 clove garlic sliced

• 15g finely grated parmesan cheese

• Black pepper

• 1 tsp olive oil

  
  
  
  

Method

• Cook spaghetti until al dente

• While spaghetti is cooking lightly fry ham in olive oil with sliced garlic

• Beat the egg and add the grated parmesan into the egg

• Drain spaghetti and add to the pan with the ham, pour on egg mix and a half ladle of the pasta water into the frying pan and stir until a nice creamy sauce coats the spaghetti and add the chopped basil.

• Serve with a good twist of black pepper