Both of the January issues of Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazine featured a pasta dish on the cover. I thought this would be a great excuse to have a “pasta slugfest” or “battle of the pastas” – where I’d cook both and declare a winner.
I first did the “challenger” – Fettucine Carbonara with Fried Eggs. OK – fried eggs on pasta seems a little strange. But thinking about it, eggs and bacon are a fine midnight comfort meal, and I love eggs. Why not ? I gave up on trying to find broccoli rabe – I just tried brocollini instead. Other than that the recipe was simplicity itself, boil pasta, fry pancetta, whisk eggs and add cheese, boil broccoli and combine all. [ One tip - there are quite a few moving parts to the recipe... don't try to do them all at once !].
The result was great ! The carbonarra was a nice cheesy sauce, and pancetta was great too. The fried egg was still a little weird – but tasted good ! Definitely one for the bag of weeknight tricks. At least one of us liked it a lot !
Not sure the challenger will be able to unseat the “champion” but it was a great try. Tune in next time to follow the saga of “Battle of the Pastas II”.
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