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| Stir like crazy Mans |
This is a really
useful recipe to know, coz most kitchens will have the necessary.
It’s a perfect dish for when you are tiered and lazy, or when you have to make
a quick plan to feed unexpected guests. It’s especially great for when you and
your mates come home at daybreak, after a bender, coz it’s immediate and a bit
like eating a bacon and egg breky.
I’m about to go off on
a tangent again, so skip to the recipe if you find me boring. This storey
features the Legendary E-man, who is always having key epics.
A couple of mates and
I were on some or other mission, when we arrived to collect the E to join us;
he excitedly opened the door, only to discover that he had lost the keys to the
security gate. It wasn’t long before fold up chairs and tea was passed through
the gaps in the gate and we were having a splendid time, the E on one side of
the gate and the three of us on the other.
Now a person can only
drink so much tea, so we sensibly moved onto beer and started having an even
better time. Soon our ‘hungies’ started hanging out, so E disappeared into the
kitchen and it wasn’t long before he reappeared with bowls of steaming
Spaghetti Carbonara. Our great excitement quickly turned to intense
disappointment, when we realised the bowls couldn’t fit through the gate’s
vertical slots. I had this disturbing vision of a very happy and fat E on the
one side of the gate and a very miserable and skinny, three of us on the
opposite side.
Unfazed, the ever Zen
E, tipped all the pasta back into the pan, turned the bowls sideways, posted
them through the slots and preceded to dish up through the gate. A carbonara is
yet to taste so good.
That’s the thing about
the E, he takes life’s bothers with a light and loving heart and soon those hiccups
turn into the most delightful adventures. I can’t wait for him to loose his
keys again.
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| Wot you'll need Mans |
Wot you need
- Box (500g) of
spaghetti
- A glug of olive oil
- 8/10 slices of
bacon/pancetta (there are no rules, throw in more if you want)
- About 4 eggs lightly beaten with a fork
- Grated
pecorino/parmigano cheese (pecorino is preferable)
- Chives/parsley (optional
- chives always go down well with eggs and bacon)
- Salt and pepper to
taste
Get a generous pot of
water with plenty of salt on the go for the spaghetti. While it’s waiting to
boil, chop up your bacon/pancetta into little pieces and fry them with a glug
of olive oil, on a low heat. When the pasta water is boiling, add the spaghetti
and give it a good stir to stop it from sticking. Turn off the pan, when the
bacon/pancetta is crispy. About now, the pasta should be close to aldente, when
it is, schnabb with some tongs or a one of those spaghetti spoon thingies and
put in the bacon/pancetta pan. Don’t fuss if the pasta isn’t well drained, coz
you want a bit of pasta water. Pour in the eggs and stir like crazy. The trick
is to get the temperature of the pan just right – if it’s too hot, the eggs
will scramble, if it’s too cold, you’ll have the unpleasant business of dealing with runny raw eggs. Add some pasta water, a little at a time and the cheese, until
the dish is creamy but not watery. It might take you a go or two, to figure the
dish out, but once you do, you’ll be proudly puffing out you chest every time.
(It’s definitely worth botching it up a few times before you get it right).
Finally mix in the chives/parsley.
Don’t dilly-dally when
you make this dish, coz it getz cold in the blink of an eye, so get it to the
table pronto.
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