Italian Style Bacon & Eggs

Submitted by twissis

"DH & I both love breakfast more than any other meal. This breakfast or brunch recipe by Anna Martini from her "Pasta & Pizza Cookbook" is so good & unlike any other I have seen. I admit to having expanded it a bit, so I hope you will try it & enjoy the outcome. :-)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 lb pancetta (or sub bacon cut in sml strips ... approx 1 cup)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (or butter)
• 1⁄2 lb spaghetti
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons light cream
• 2⁄3 cup parmesan cheese (freshly grated & divided per prep directions)
• 1 large tomatoes (seeded & diced)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon italian seasoning (I use McCormick Classic Herbs)
• salt (to taste)

directions

1. Put the olive oil (or butter) in a fairly lrg skillet. Add the pancetta (or bacon) & fry it lightly over med-heat till the fat has melted. Remove from heat & set aside.
2. Cook spaghetti in boiling salted water.
3. Meanwhile, beat the eggs in a bowl w/a whisk. Whisk in the cream, half of the Parmesan cheese & the Italian herb blend. Add the diced tomato & stir to combine.
4. When the spaghetti is still fairly firm to the bite, drain & transfer it to the warm skillet w/the bacon. Place over med-heat & stir so it will absorb the flavor of the pancetta (or bacon).
5. Pour the egg mixture over the spaghetti & bacon in the skillet & cook to desired doneness, but do not overcook to dryness.
6. Serve immediately w/the remaining Parmesan cheese on the side to be added individually as desired.

Reviews

[Starrynews]

What a neat idea! I have never tried a breakfast dish with pasta like this before. We enjoyed it. Lots of flavor and filling. Thanks for sharing! Culinary Quest '14

 

[Dawn F.]

Yummy. I cut the recipe in half and used bacon and egg beaters. Instead of italian herb I used fresh basil and parsley.<br/>Made for football tag week 14, 2012

 

[Annacia]

What a delicious treat. This was made for Sunday lunch today and, boy, was it a hit. Had to use the bacon option but I don't think that it suffered for that. I did skip the tomatoes in this because I was serving it with Recipe #169738. Really fabulous and I would love to make it again :D.

 

[loof751]

Fantastic! I expected this to be good but was surprised at how great it was! I used ready-to-eat bacon and whole wheat angel hair pasta. I didn't have to add any salt as the Parmesan was flavorful enough. Just loved this - thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[diner524]

Yummy dish for my lunch yesterday!!! I had made spaghetti and meatballs earlier in the week, so just added extra pasta to use in this recipe. I scaled it back for one serving, used the bacon and left out the tomatoes. This reminds of pasta carbonara, very tasty!!! Made for you win in the football pool, congrats!!!