Sausage Carbonara

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"Another delicious pasta dish."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb hot sausage or 1 lb sweet Italian sausage
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 slices pancetta, chopped (can substitute bacon)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 lb linguine
• 4 large egg yolks
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon flat-leaf Italian parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated

directions

1. Using a sharp knife, slit sausage casing and remove meat.
2. With wet hands, form meat into 3/4-inch meatballs.
3. In large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
4. Saute meatballs until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
5. Add pancetta, salt, pepper and cook 3-4 minutes longer.
6. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions.
7. In large bowl, combine egg yolks, cream, 1/2 cup of the cheese, parsley and lemon zest.
8. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water.
9. Immediately toss pasta with egg mixture in the pasta pot; add sausage meatballs.
10. Note: The sauce should be smooth and silky.
11. If pasta becomes a bit sticky, add some of the reserved pasta cooking water.
12. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese.

Reviews

[Lori Mama]

Delicious. I used mild Italian sausage and bacon I had on hand. I doubled up on the lemon zest. We love lemon. Did have to use some of the pasta water. :)

 

[potions]

Very good! This is so rich and tasty. I used hot sausage and pancetta. It is a very flavorful and filling dish.

 

[puppitypup]

This dish was easy to make and we liked it. I had never made a pasta sauce in this manner and was worried that it would be lumpy, but it turned out perfectly smooth. I added the salt and pepper to the pasta sauce rather than the meatballs and pancetta, and I was glad that I did it that way. Next time I will omit the lemon zest, which for our taste didn't complement the meatballs and pancetta. I would also increase the amount of sauce to 1 1/2 times or double. Thank you Lainey!