Quick ham carbonara

Quick ham carbonara

Use leftover ham in this quick and wickedly decadent carbonara recipe. The dish takes just 15 minutes to make and, we guarantee, even quicker to devour.

Quick ham carbonara

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Ready in 15 minutes

Use leftover ham in this quick and wickedly decadent carbonara recipe. The dish takes just 15 minutes to make and, we guarantee, even quicker to devour.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
675kcals
Fat
29.9g (14.5g saturated)
Protein
30.7g
Carbohydrates
70.1g (4.3g sugars)
Fibre
3.9g
Salt
2.2g

Ingredients

  • 3 large free-range egg yolks
  • 100ml double cream
  • 50g parmesan, grated, plus extra to serve
  • Good knob of butter
  • 250g leftover cooked ham, shredded
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 400g spaghetti
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
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Method

  1. Mix the egg yolks, cream and parmesan in a jug and whisk until well combined. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside.
  2. Melt the butter in a small frying pan and add the shredded ham. Fry until crisp and browned. Add the crushed garlic, cook for 30 seconds, stirring, then take off the heat.
  3. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil over a high heat and cook the spaghetti until al dente according to the pack instructions. Drain, reserving 1 tbsp of the cooking water, then return the pasta to the pan, off the heat. Drizzle with the olive oil.
  4. Stir the fried ham and reserved cooking water through the pasta. Swiftly add the cream mixture, lifting the pasta as you go, so it doesn’t curdle. When the pasta is coated with the sauce, serve immediately. Sprinkle with extra grated parmesan and plenty of ground black pepper.

Nutrition

Calories
675kcals
Fat
29.9g (14.5g saturated)
Protein
30.7g
Carbohydrates
70.1g (4.3g sugars)
Fibre
3.9g
Salt
2.2g

delicious. tips

  1. Carbonara sauce doesn’t like to hang around so, to appreciate it at its best, make sure you eat it as soon as it’s ready.

  2. Classic carbonara isn’t made with cream – beaten eggs are lightly cooked by the hot spaghetti and enriched with parmesan. We’ve added cream here for an extra-special carbonara.

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