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From the May 2007 issue:
Spaghetti carbonara:
As a fisherman’s wife, I’m not on my best
behaviour when the man’s at sea. I lapse into a
lazy cooking-for-one mode, and tend to make
easy and rather unhealthy batches of comfort
food. This recipe is one of my favourites, and
also immortalized in Nora Ephron’s book (later
a movie with Jack Nicholson) Heartburn. Also
considered a primo hangover cure:
Boil water with salt and a TB of olive oil, add
bag of pasta (penne is good with this, or
spaghetti).
Cut half a pack of streaky bacon into bite-sizes
and sizzle until they are crunchy-cooked, drain
pan of as much liquid fat as possible.
In a small bowl, whisk together 2-3 eggs, a
splash of cream, a cup of cheap white wine,
salt and pepper and about a cup of grated
parmesan cheese (freshly grated off the
Perfect Italiano wedge from the shop works
best).
When the pasta’s cooked, drain and return to
pot and add bacon and your egg mixture and
stir. The heat of the pasta should cook the egg
as it coats the pasta, if it’s too runny turn the
heat on low and keep stirring.
Fresh chopped spring onions and sautéed
mushrooms are a nice addition to this course.
Also maybe some exercise over the course of
the next few days.
Spaghetti carbonara:
As a fisherman’s wife, I’m not on my best
behaviour when the man’s at sea. I lapse into a
lazy cooking-for-one mode, and tend to make
easy and rather unhealthy batches of comfort
food. This recipe is one of my favourites, and
also immortalized in Nora Ephron’s book (later
a movie with Jack Nicholson) Heartburn. Also
considered a primo hangover cure:
Boil water with salt and a TB of olive oil, add
bag of pasta (penne is good with this, or
spaghetti).
Cut half a pack of streaky bacon into bite-sizes
and sizzle until they are crunchy-cooked, drain
pan of as much liquid fat as possible.
In a small bowl, whisk together 2-3 eggs, a
splash of cream, a cup of cheap white wine,
salt and pepper and about a cup of grated
parmesan cheese (freshly grated off the
Perfect Italiano wedge from the shop works
best).
When the pasta’s cooked, drain and return to
pot and add bacon and your egg mixture and
stir. The heat of the pasta should cook the egg
as it coats the pasta, if it’s too runny turn the
heat on low and keep stirring.
Fresh chopped spring onions and sautéed
mushrooms are a nice addition to this course.
Also maybe some exercise over the course of
the next few days.
the GALLEY
Local recipes from the pages of the Stewart Island News.
Local recipes from the pages of the Stewart Island News.