Spaghetti carbonara

Name: Spaghetti carbonara
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 120 g dried spaghetti; 200 g gammon cut into little pieces; 30 g Pecorino cheese; 1 pack button mushrooms sliced thinly; 1 egg; 2 tbsp quark; 1/2 brown onion finely chopped; 300 ml vegetable stock made with 1 vegetable stock cube; 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper to taste; handful fresh parsley chopped; 1/4 tsp mustard powder; low calorie cooking spray

6 steps

Prep:10minCook:10min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:30:40 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories569.4 kcal (28%)

Total Fat19.8 g (28%)

Carbs54.4 g (21%)

Sugars4.4 g (5%)

Protein41.2 g (82%)

Sodium2262.8 mg (113%)

Fiber6.5 g (23%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

120gdried spaghetti

200ggammon

cut into little pieces

30gpecorino cheese

1 packbutton mushrooms

sliced thinly

1egg

2 Tbspquark

0.5brown onion

finely chopped

300mlvegetable stock

made with 1 vegetable stock cube

1 tspblack pepper

freshly ground, to taste

fresh parsley

chopped

¼ tspmustard powder

low calorie cooking spray

Instructions

Step 1

Boil the kettle - whilst you're waiting for it to boil chop the onion, mushrooms and gammon.

Step 2

Cook the pasta as per instructions on the pack, and heat a large frying pan with a few sprays of low calorie cooking spray. Fry the onions until softened, add the mushrooms & gammon and cook till browned slightly.

Step 3

Add the vegetable stock to the frying pan, and cook on high stirring frequently until it reduces by half.

Step 4

Meanwhile in a bowl whisk the eggs, black pepper, quark and mustard (if you're using it!) - set aside.

Step 5

Drain your pasta once it's cooked and tip into a big bowl, add the cooked onions, mushrooms, remaining stock and gammon - stir well. Slowly add the whisked eggs, Pecorino cheese and Quark making sure to stir constantly. Do NOT do this on the heat otherwise you'll end up with scrambled egg!

Step 6

Once it's all stirred through, add the parsley. Plate up and sprinkle with a little more Pecorino cheese.