Harp Family Recipes

Ingredients

  • Spaghetti
  • Panchetta
  • 3 Egg Yolks
  • Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese, shredded
  • Pecorino Romano Cheese, shredded
  • Black Pepper

Instructions

  1. Add water to a pot and turn on high heat
  2. Add spaghetti when the water begins to boil
  3. Add pancetta to cold pan and turn on medium heat
  4. Add egg yolks, both cheeses, and black pepper to a heat proof bowl
  5. When pancetta renders down, add grease to egg yolk mixture
  6. Turn off heat to pancetta
  7. Whisk egg yolk mixture until evenly mixed
  8. When pasta is done cooking, spoon about 1/2 to 1 cup of pasta water to egg yolk mixture
  9. Whisk mixture until evenly mixed. This tempers the eggs so that they do not immediately cook when add to the hot pan with the pasta
  10. Drain pasta and add to pancetta pan
  11. Move pasta around with tongs in pan so that the pasta absorbs the oil from the pancetta
  12. Add in the egg yolk mixture to pasta
  13. Evenly coat the pasta using tongs