When your neighbor brings you pounds of pancetta, what else can you do? (Thank you Joaquin.)
Find a recipe, quickly.
I read some eat pancetta raw but that turned me.
Next time I’ll slice it more thinly. First, I warmed the dish in the oven, cooked the cut up pancetta for about 8 minutes in my cast iron skillet and then drained it on paper towels. Tossed the eggs, cheese, minced garlic cloves mixture onto the hot drained spaghetti in the warmed casserole Freshly ground pepper. Rich and good. Next time I’ll hold off on salting the pasta water as the pancetta and cheese made it salty enough. The recipe called for 1/2 cup white wine which I didn’t have on hand so poured a glass of red to accompany this perfect dish for a snowy day.
Spaghetti Carbonara
There’s plenty of pancetta left for several meals if you have any suggestions.
mmmmmm – no suggestions – except it seems that all that is left is to now send that neighbor a thank you card – ha
Yvette, what a good idea!
I love it, but I can’t eat it raw either 🙂 It’s good with figs but I can’t remember the recipe.
Figs sounds like a nice contrast to the salty meat
I guess I can’t weigh in on ideas with pancetta. But at least I know what it is.
Looks tasty!
Even Marian’s “frenchie” [french bull dog] likes Pancetta!!!! YumYUM and perfect china dish!
My favorite pasta dish! True comfort food.
Looks yummy!
A quick appetizer-Wrapped around asparagus stalks and pop in oven. I’ll check the recipe.
Make the sauce and freeze it?
Love the new layout!
Your pasta dish looks delicious, Ruth. Love it! Your neighbor sounds like a great person but, then again, you must be too. Why else would he give you such a nice gift? I use diced pancetta as a base for many dishes. Once rendered, I’ll use the fat to cook halved Brussels sprouts, returning the pancetta to the pan when the sprouts are just about finished. It’s great at the beginning of a risotto or used with clams to make a linguine with clams. Use it wherever you would use bacon but with pancetta you taste pork and not smoke. Buon appetito!
My DIL loves her Brussels sprouts. Good idea.