Asparagus Carbonara, Pancetta Style

30 minutes is all you need in order to cook this comforting Pancetta Asparagus Carbonara pasta dish. Crispy fried pancetta and asparagus is tossed with cooked linguine in a 4-ingredient cheesy sauce. Serve with crusty bread and a simple green salad.

How was your weekend? I hope it was eventful or restful, whatever your soul needed it to be. We spent Friday watching Malloree’s middle school softball team play a double header. Then I took both Haileigh and Malloree down to Ann Arbor on Saturday to watch the U of M softball team play. It was chilly, buy so worth it to watch them play, sweeping Indiana 8-0. Afterwards A friend got a U of M Softball t-shirt signed by some of the players, and her picture taken with her idol, pitching phenom Megan Betsa. On Sunday, we laid low and ate pasta.

If there was no such things as carbs or calories, I’d eat pasta everyday. And with bread and with wine.

Carbonara is one of the most simple pasta dishes to prepare, making it dependable for any day of the week. In this carbonara recipe, I panfried asparagus in the fat leftover from the pancetta and then tossed it all along with piping-hot noodles in the cheesy eggy sauce.

Dinner in 30. You can’t beat it so why not eat it?!

Here’s what you’ll need: 8 ounces pancetta (you’ll need to dice it into 1/4-inch pieces), 1 bunch asparagus, 4 large eggs (at room temperature), a 1/2 cup of each Parmesan and Romano cheese- freshly grated. Linguine, salt for the pasta water and freshly ground black pepper

Start by frying up the diced pancetta in a teaspoon of olive oil until crispy. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the pancetta to a paper towel lined plate to drain, leaving the fat in the pan.

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to boil. Add 2 tablespoons of fine sea salt to the water and cook the pasta until al dente following package directions.

Trim off the tough ends off a bunch of asparagus. Then carefully add it to the pan with the leftover pancetta fat and cook until tender and slightly browned in spots. Then, transfer to the plate with the pancetta.

Whisk the eggs until beaten, then whisk in the cheeses and black pepper.

Once the pasta is cooked, use tongs to transfer it from the pot to the bowl of eggs and cheese and quickly toss together.

Then add in the asparagus and pancetta, toss and serve.

With extra grated Parmesan and Romano cheese on top and torn fresh basil.

Crispy, cheesy, asparagus-y. This pasta dish is rich and decadent but simple and fresh. Serve with a green salad and warm, crusty bread.

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