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Spaghetti Alla Carbonara
In celebration of Father's Day, Nora Minster shares one of her father's best pasta recipes.

Ingredients
  • Spaghetti noodles
  • Butter
  • 4 eggs
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Bacon strips
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 tsp. dried red pepper flakes
  • Heavy cream
Directions
Cream the butter. In another bowl, beat 2 eggs and 2 yolks. Stir in Parmesan cheese. Fry bacon that is cut into small strips, but don't let it crisp. Pour off all but 1 Tbsp. of the bacon fat. Add 2 Tbsp. of olive oil and about 1 tsp. dried red pepper flakes, and keep this warm over low heat.

Cook the spaghetti. Add cream to pan with bacon mix; bring it to a simmer. Drain the spaghetti well and dump in heated bowl. Quickly toss with creamed butter, bacon-cream mix and egg-cheese mixture. Divide it up. Sprinkle more Parmesan cheese on top, and it's done!
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