Sausage and bacon carbonara
Sausage meatballs and bacon with pasta in a creamy Carbonara style sauce.
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Ingredients
- 200 g tagliatelle
- 80 g Parmesan grated
- 1 whole egg
- 2 egg yolks
- 4 sausages
- 150 g bacon lardons
- 10 g parsley chopped
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in salted boiling water as per the packet instructions. Once cooked, drain but keep the pasta water.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl add the grated Parmesan, whole egg, egg yolks, and a pinch of black pepper. Use a fork to beat it together until it forms a paste.
- Squeeze the sausage meat from the skins, then roll into small meatballs.
- Heat some cooking oil in a large pan over a medium to high heat. Cook the sausage meatballs and bacon lardons until the meatballs have browned and the bacon is cooked.
- Add a ladle of pasta water into the pan and turn off the heat.
- Add the pasta to the pan and toss through the meatballs and bacon, then add in the cheese and egg mixture. Stir well. If it needs loosening, then add some more pasta water.
- Stir through the parsley and taste for seasoning, serve immediately.
