🥚 Light Pasta Carbonara-Style with Egg and Parmesan

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Pasta with beaten egg and Parmesan, no cream: the lighter take on carbonara. Ready in 15 minutes and truly creamy.

⏱️ 18 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Medium🔥 496 calories per serving💪 22 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 6.5 oz (180 g) pasta (spaghetti)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup (about 1.75 oz) grated Parmesan
  • to taste black pepper

How to make it, step by step

  1. Cook the pasta in salted water; save a good mugful of the cooking water and drain.
  2. Beat the eggs with the grated Parmesan and black pepper in a bowl.
  3. Off the heat, add the pasta to the egg mixture and toss quickly, adding cooking water a little at a time until creamy.
  4. Serve right away with more Parmesan and pepper.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

496
calories
22 g
protein
64 g
carbs
18 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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