A classic carbonara is hard to beat, especially when it's miserable outside and all you want to do is curl up with a bowl of comfort food. The combination of silky cheese sauce with crisp pancetta and black pepper is enough to get anyone's mouth-watering, and despite its complex flavours, it's actually very easy to make . It's also fast, coming together in less than 20 minutes - making it perfect for when you don't have a lot of time to cook.
That's according to top chef Nigella Lawson , whose "favourite" carbonara recipe is one you should be adding to your repertoire immediately. She says she always has the ingredients in the house just in case she's ever craving this simple yet delicious pasta dish. Speaking about the dish on her website, Nigella said: "This is my favourite — along with all my other favourites.
I love the buttery, eggy creaminess of the sauce, saltily-spiked with hot-cubed bacon: it’s comforting, but not in a sofa-bound kind of way. "It feels like proper dinner, only it takes hardly any time to cook. This is my most regular dinner for two: I keep, at all times, the wherewithal to make it in the house.
" Here's everything that you need to make this recipe , which serves one or two people depending on how hungry you are. Nigella Lawson's 'favourite' carbonara 200 grams spaghetti Two teaspoons olive oil 100 grams guanciale or pancetta in one piece 4 x 15ml tablespoons dry white vermouth or wine One egg yolk One whole egg Four tablespoons freshly grated Parm.
