Cheesy Carbonara Pasta Shells
Serves 8
Prep Time 10 mins
Cooking 20 mins
Level low
Ingredients
- 350gr Pasta Shells
- 115gr Pancetta
- 3 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 2 tbsp All-Purpose Flour
- 480ml Milk
- Salt & Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 150gr Gruyere
- 150gr Cheddar Cheese
- 1 tbsp Parsley
- 1 tsp Oregano
Cook the pasta according to package instructions. Add the pancetta to a saucepan and cook until it browns. Remove the pancetta from pan and place over paper towels to soak up some of the fat. Keep warm.
Separate the eggs and whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. In another bowl whisk the egg yolks and set aside. Add the butter to the saucepan and melt. Add the minced garlic and cook until it starts foaming and gets aromatic, about a minute. Sprinkle the flour over the garlic and stir. Whisk in the milk and cook until the sauce thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon. Season the sauce with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Add half the gruyere and half the cheddar cheese to the sauce and continue whisking until the cheese melts. Temper the egg yolks by adding a spoon of the sauce at a time to the egg yolks and whisking them, add about 3 spoons of sauce altogether. You want to do this to avoid the eggs from scrambling up when you add them to the cheese sauce. Stir in the egg yolk mixture back into the cheese sauce. Remove from heat. Fold the egg whites into the cheese sauce. Sprinkle the remaining gruyere and white cheddar and gently blend in the sauce until melted and sauce is thick. If it is too thick dilute with some cooked pasta water until the desired consistency.
In a clean pot pour cheese sauce on top of the pasta and stir until all pasta is covered. Serve with the pancetta slices and sprinkle with the dried oregano and fresh parsley.
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