BREAKFAST CARBONARA RECIPE

Here is a wonderful breakfast pasta, and yes we have had it for breakfast, on the weekend of course, it's hearty and healthy.  2nd Man sort of just made this one up himself but it's close to a regular spaghetti carbonara recipe.  Remember, being carbonara style means there are liquid eggs in the sauce (but they are 'cooked' by the heat of the pan and other hot ingredients).

Breakfast Carbonara 

We don't have step by step photos (he made it one morning before I woke up, LOL) but it's pretty simple.  

Ingredients:

1 lb fusilli bucati pasta

1 lb breakfast sausage

1 medium onion, diced

3 whole eggs
2 cups shredded cheese (we used a cheddar blend)

1/4 cup butter

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp dried chives

1 tsp dried basil

1/2 cup hot pasta water, reserved (will only use what's needed)

Instructions:

Boil 1 lb pasta in salted water until al dente and reserve 1 cup hot pasta water.

Meanwhile in a skillet, cook 1 lb ground breakfast sausage and diced onion over medium high heat, sauté together until sausage is done.  Turn heat to lowest setting.  In a separate bowl, beat 3 whole eggs, add shredded cheddar cheese and the seasonings.

Add butter to sausage mixture and allow to melt completely.  Turn off heat.  Add hot drained pasta to pan with sausage and onion and stir until well mixed and coated.  Immediately add egg and cheese mixture to pasta mixture and stir.  It is important to make sure it is all hot and stir quickly, the residual heat will 'cook' the raw eggs but keep them creamy and then, if it does need to be thinned a bit, you can add enough of the hot pasta water to thin it out.

Enjoy!