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Carbonara Greek Yogurt

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A tasty and light Carbonara Greek Yogurt recipe! Typically, Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish from Rome made with eggs, hard cheese, bacon, and black pepper. Most of the fat is replaced with Greek Yogurt.

Ingredients

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  • 12 ounces of uncooked whole wheat linguine, fettuccine or spaghetti
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 6 ounces (170g) Canadian bacon. bacon, pancetta or ham, chopped
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/2 ounce (about 1/2 of a cup, unpacked) finely grated parmesan cheese, plus more to serve at the table
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
  • 2 large eggs
  • chopped parsley for serving, optional

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta according to package directions. However, just before you drain it scoop out at least 1 cup of the hot pasta water.
  2. While the pasta is cooking, fill a kettle with water and bring it to a boil. Empty the boiling water from the kettle into a large bowl.
  3. Also while the pasta is cooking, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the Canadian bacon and cook just until it starts to brown. Remove it from the heat and set it aside.
  4. A couple of minutes before your pasta has reached the desired doneness, dispose of the hot water from your large bowl by pouring it down the sink. To that large warmed bowl add the yogurt, parmesan cheese, salt and black pepper. Stir it around and then crack in your eggs. Whisk it all together with a fork. Add the Canadian bacon.
  5. Don’t forget, before the pasta is cooked, scoop 1 cup of the pasta water out of your pasta pot. When the pasta is cooked, drain it and immediately add the hot noodles to your egg mixture. Stir to combine. You want all the noodles to be coated a bit with the sauce. If the sauce seems to thick, drizzle in some of your reserved pasta water, a couple of tablespoons at a time until you get the right consistency. Option, top with chopped parsley.
  6. Serve the carbonara at the table alongside a bowl of grated parmesan cheese and a peppermill so that people can add more of these carbonara necessities to their liking.

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