Alternatively, a simple carbonara takes even less time.

Boil your pasta, and as it boils, caramelize a chopped onion (finely chopped is better) in a frying pan.

Add a handful of chopped Pancetta or bacon to the onions when they are golden with a touch of brown.

stir on a high heat.

When the bacon is cooked (after a couple of minutes) turn the heat down and wait for the pasta to boil.

When the pasta has been boiled and strained, pour on the bacon and onion mix and stir it into the pasta well.

Then take a single egg, crack it open, and empty the contents over the pasta.

stir in thoroughly straight away while the pasta iis hot.

The egg is spread so thinly that it cooks on the pasta.

Ta-daaa

and don't forget the parmesan.


oh yes ... and the wine ...