🍝 Vegetarian Carbonara

Carbonara without bacon, using smoky shiitake mushrooms for umami flavour. Just as creamy.
⏱️ 25 min🍽️ 4 servings👩🍳 Medium🔥 597 kcal per serving💪 24 g protein per serving
Ingredients
- 400 g spaghetti
- 300 g shiitake mushrooms
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 eggs
- 80 g Pecorino Romano
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
Method, step by step
- Cook the pasta al dente according to the packet. Reserve 250 ml of the pasta water.
- Sauté the sliced shiitake mushrooms with garlic in oil until golden.
- Whisk 4 egg yolks with the grated Pecorino and plenty of black pepper.
- Off the heat, toss the drained pasta with the mushrooms.
- Add the yolk mixture little by little with some pasta water, stirring to emulsify.
- Serve immediately with more Pecorino and pepper.
Nutritional information (per serving)
597
kcal
24 g
protein
83 g
carbs
19 g
fat
Values are approximate.
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