Homemade Carbonara aka BREAKFAST PASTA

I use to think that making Italian food was difficult, but thanks to my boyfriend and a lengthy waitress gig at an authentic Italian pizza bar, I have found out the secret!  It's not a lot of crazy cooking techniques or expensive ingredients, it's mostly just good cheese and well cooked pasta.

Carbonara aka Breakfast pasta is just like heaven~

Warm pasta and crunchy bacon covered in a cheesy coating, mMm.

This recipe calls for only a few ingredients and about half an hour of your day.

Ingredients:

• Half a pack of uncooked bacon- chopped into small strips or cubes
• 1/2 lb. Pasta - I choose Fettuccine, but on other occasions I have used Rotini with great success
• 1 cup of shredded cheese
• 1 egg
• teaspoon of oregano 
• sprinkle of basil

The steps are pretty easy and the real work comes in during the last 5 minutes or so. 

1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and add your pasta and a few drops of olive oil to prevent sticking. 
2. Cook your pasta 10 min. or until al dente. Remove from heat and drain.
3. Dry the same pot or a new one and add bacon to cook.
4. Cook bacon until brown and crisp, draining most of the collected oil. 
5. Remove pot from heat and add pasta to the cooked bacon, tossing in the oil quickly.
6. Add half of the shredded cheese and continue to stir constantly *add butter if you'd like
7. Add egg to the mixture and mix in the hot pasta (this will cook the egg)
8. Be sure NOT to scramble the egg, simply mix into the pasta
9. Add remaining cheese and spices and continue to stir until the egg appears cooked and cheese melted. 
10. Serve and Enjoy!