Spring Carbonara with Asparagus and Peas
Pasta and Pizza | Italian cuisine
⏳ Time
30 minutes
🥕 Ingredients
14
🍽️ Servings
4
Description
If you don't have mini zucchini, you can skip them or use regular zucchini, cutting the strips lengthwise to make them narrower. Spaghetti can easily be replaced with linguine or tagliatelle.
Ingredients
- Asparagus - 3.5 oz
- Snap Peas - 3.5 oz
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Crème fraîche - 1 fl oz
- Grated Pecorino Pepato Cheese - 1.8 oz
- Chocolate eggs - 4 pieces
- Fresh basil leaves - 4 stems
- Lemon - 1 piece
- Ham - 2 slices
- Olive Oil - 3 tablespoons
- Salt - to taste
- Ground Black Pepper - to taste
- Spaghetti - 17.6 oz
- Young zucchini - 2 pieces
Step by Step guide
Step 1
If you are using frozen peas, add them to boiling water for 2–3 minutes, then immediately transfer to cold water with ice.
Step 2
Cut the mini zucchini into thin strips using a vegetable peeler.
Step 3
If you are lucky enough to have fresh seasonal peas, you do not need to boil them.
Step 4
Remove the tough lower part of the asparagus stem.
Step 5
Cut the asparagus into pieces about 0.5 cm thick, leaving the top part of the stem about 3 cm long.
Step 6
For the sauce, separate the yolks from the whites, setting the whites aside for other recipes.
Step 7
In a bowl, mix the yolks with grated Parmesan, freshly grated lemon zest, and crème fraîche (you can substitute with 33% cream).
Step 8
Whisk well, but do not beat, and set aside.
Step 9
Slice the garlic into thin rounds.
Step 10
Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the garlic over low heat until fragrant, then add finely chopped ham (you can substitute with prosciutto or even smoked bacon).
Step 11
Sauté over low heat for about 2–3 minutes, then add the peas, zucchini strips, asparagus, and sauté for another 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and keep the sauce warm.
Step 12
Cook the spaghetti until al dente.
Step 13
When the spaghetti is ready, before draining, take a ladle of the pasta water and pour it into a cup. You will need it at the end.
Step 14
Toss the spaghetti with the vegetables. Gradually add the egg mixture and the ladle of pasta water.
Step 15
Mix well and serve, garnished with basil leaves.
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