Fettucine carbonara with lemon broccoli
9
Points®
Total time: 20 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients
Olive Oil
1 teaspoon(s)
Bacon medallions, raw
125 g, finely diced
White pasta, dry
240 g, fettucine
Broccoli, raw
400 g, tenderstem, roughly chopped
Egg, whole, raw
2 medium, raw
Lemon
1 zest(s) of 1
Lemon Juice, Fresh
30 ml
Parmesan Cheese
25 g, grated
Instructions
1
Heat the oil in a medium frying pan set over a medium heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes until browned. Set aside.
2
Cook the fettucine in a large pan of boiling salted water to pack instructions. Add the broccoli for the final 2 minutes of cooking time. Drain, reserving 125ml of the cooking water.
3
Meanwhile, beat the eggs in a large heatproof bowl. Add the bacon, lemon zest and juice and half the parmesan, then season well and stir to combine.
4
Add the hot pasta and broccoli mixture to the egg mixture and toss together, adding the reserved cooking water to loosen if necessary. Divide the fettucine between bowls and sprinkle over the remaining parmesan to serve.
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