Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 300 g tagliatelles
• 2 2 courgettes
• 3 1 chicken stock cube
• 4 2 egg yolks
• 5 150 ml liquid cream
• 6 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
• 7 2 slices smoked ham
• 8 ½ lemon
• 9 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 10 salt
• 11 pepper
• Total weight: 1,235 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	18 min.	53 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Wash 2 courgettes, dry them and cut off the ends.
2	Make courgette "spaghetti" by grating over a mandoline.
3	You should get green and white spaghetti, if they are only white, give courgette a quarter tour. If you don't have a mandolin, you can replace "spaghetti" by small pieces.
4	Boil a large pan of salted water, then add 1 chicken stock cube.
5	C cook courgettes for 2 or 3 minutes, so that they are still a bit crunchy.
6	Then cool under cold water and drain.
7	Put 2 slices smoked ham in a hot pan, without fat, for about 30 seconds to fry lightly.
8	Then cut each slice into pieces.
9	Cook 300 g tagliatelles in boiling salted water, then drain. Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large pan, heat and add tagliatelle.
10	Add ham and cougette spaghetti.
11	Mix well and heat through for 2 or 3 minutes.
12	Mix 2 egg yolks, 150 ml liquid cream, a tablespoon lemon juice, 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), salt and pepper.
13	Pour this mix into the pan, and cook while stirring for about 2 or 3 more minutes. Adjust seasoning.
14	Serve piping hot (heat serving plates), with a basil leaf and a bowl of Parmesan for guests who want to add more.

Remarks

You can replace tagilatelle by any other pasta of your choice, but if possible use fresh, it's so much better.

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