#2 Spaghetti Carbonara a la arco-iris

Spaghetti Carbonara a la arco-iris

Ingredients:

1 serving

• 50g spaghetti
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup (20g) grated Parmesan
• 1 slice bacon, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 leek, thinly sliced
• 30mml thickened cream
• 60g frozen peas
• 1/2 carrot, very small diced
• 5 cherry tomatoes or 1/2 tomato seeded and diced
• 50g or small tin of corn kernels
• Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley leaves

Utensils:

carrot peeler

pasta drainer

sauce pan

frying pan

knives

chopping bards (green and red)

bowl

Method:

1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; reserve 1/2 cup water and drain well.
2. Cook carrots in boiling water, add peas later just before carrots are cooked and cook for 2 more minutes.
3. At the same time, heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook onion until golden brown, then add bacon and cook until brown and crispy, about 6-8 minutes.
4. Put cooked carrots and peas in a bowl to cool down and add drained corn.
5. Whisk cream and egg together in a small bowl. Add half of the parmesan, some parsley and season with pepper.
6. Stir in garlic, leek and tomatoes until leek is soft and tomatoes are starting to look cooked, about 2 minutes. Add half of the parsley and reduce heat to low.
7. Working quickly, stir in egg-cream mixture and pasta, and gently toss to combine, add the vegetables (corn, carrots and peas); season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add reserved pasta water, one tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
8. Serve immediately, garnished with parsley and parmesan. 
   
   
   
   
   I created this recipe for my food technology assessment in year 11 and it is a meal which is created for kids at around 11 years. They will love it! Especially because of all the different colours and flavours from the vegetables. I called it arco-iris because there are pretty much all the colours of a rainbow in this pasta dish!
   It tastes also very good with zucchini instead of normal spaghetti.
   
   
   
   
   I hope you like it! Emily and my host family loved it!