Light Linguine Carbonara Recipes

SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking to ensure that the spaghetti will be hot and ready when the sauce is finished; it is very important that the pasta is hot when adding the egg mixture, so that the heat of the pasta cooks the raw eggs in the sauce.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender yet firm (as they say in Italian "al dente.") Drain the pasta well, reserving 1/2 cup of the starchy cooking water to use in the sauce if you wish.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a deep skillet over medium flame. Add the pancetta and saute for about 3 minutes, until the bacon is crisp and the fat is rendered. Toss the garlic into the fat and saute for less than 1 minute to soften.
• Add the hot, drained spaghetti to the pan and toss for 2 minutes to coat the strands in the bacon fat. Beat the eggs and Parmesan together in a mixing bowl, stirring well to prevent lumps. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the egg/cheese mixture into the pasta, whisking quickly until the eggs thicken, but do not scramble (this is done off the heat to ensure this does not happen.) Thin out the sauce with a bit of the reserved pasta water, until it reaches desired consistency. Season the carbonara with several turns of freshly ground black pepper and taste for salt. Mound the spaghetti carbonara into warm serving bowls and garnish with chopped parsley. Pass more cheese around the table.

LIGHT LINGUINE CARBONARA

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, cook linguine according to package directions, adding peas during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, whisk egg, milk, red pepper, pepper flakes and pepper until blended; cook and stir over medium-low heat until mixture is just thick enough to coat a spoon and a thermometer reads at least 160°. Stir in 1/4 cup cheese and bacon; remove from heat., Drain linguine; return to pot. Add sauce and toss to coat. Serve with remaining cheese.

LINGUINE CARBONARA - COOKING LIGHT

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to the package directions, omitting salt and fat.
• Drain pasta in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid.
• Combine milk and next 4 ingredients (through pepper) in a small bowl; set milk mixture aside.
• Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Coat pan with cooking spray.
• Add pancetta to pan; saute 3 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Add onion and garlic to pan; saute 3 minutes or until onion is lightly browned.
• Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Add milk mixture and pasta to a pan; toss gently to coat.
• Place egg in small bowl; stir with a whisk.
• Gradually add 1/4 cup reserved hot cooking liquid, stirring constantly with a whisk.
• Gradually add egg mixture to pan, stirring constantly; cook 4 minutes or until sauce is thick and creamy.
• One serving is 1 1/4 cups.

LIGHT PASTA CARBONARA

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until crisp.
• Add garlic, saute for 1 minute or until tender.
• Reduce heat to low, stir in pasta, cheese, parsley, and pepper.
• Combine egg substitue and milk, add to pasta, stirring constantly for 3 minutes or until sauce thickens.
• Serve immediately.