Linguine Carbonara

We had breakfast for dinner the other night (oh, so good!), and had sausage, bacon and eggs leftover. Not sure what to do with the sausage, but bacon and eggs calls for carbonara! I haven't had this since SE Asia last year (I know, weird place to have it). Carbonara from a jar is just disgusting (I had it in Sydney), so here's to hoping that I've got better luck making it from scratch!

Original recipe here.

Ingredients (4 servings):
500-600g linguine
2 cups frozen peas
8 slices of bacon, chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
4 eggs, lightly beaten with a fork.
1 brick (~100-200g) freshly, finely grated parmesan
4 tbs olive oil
freshly cracked pepper

Method:
Fry the bacon pieces until cooked, then lightly sautee with garlic.
Drain the oil, and set the bacon aside.
Cook the pasta.
Add in peas during the last bit of cooking.
Drain the pasta and DO NOT rinse with cold water.
Return the pasta to the pot and toss with bacon, and some olive oil to prevent the pasta from clumping. Use more oil as necessary.
Mix the cheese into the bowl with the eggs, and then the mixture to the pot.
Toss the pasta until thoroughly mixed, and the cheese has melted.
Serve with pepper.


Comments:
There's supposed to be onions in this, but I forgot to pick it up when I got the cheese.
When I made this, I didn't realise that we had used the same amount of pasta, but I had halved the other ingredients. The end result was a bit dry and bland.
The egg is cooked by the heat of the pasta. If you don't feel good about eating egg that's barely cooked, you could turn on the stove again, but I imagine it would stick... like lots.
There is a HUGE price difference between parmesan from the deli and parmesan from the dairy area. We used the dairy stuff, and it was fine.
I had an epiphany partway through the meal that I'd forgotten to toss with olive oil. The stuff was quickly clumping and it was dry. I was almost done, so it didn't matter, but the portions for lunch the next day were remedied, and survived.



Verdict:
I liked it, despite the little mishaps.