Enjoy a nice hearty bowl of this easy Gluten Free Pasta Carbonara. Ready in only 20 minutes, or less, this simple pasta dish is so flavorful!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6servings
Author: Eating Gluten and Dairy Free
Ingredients
16ozgluten free spaghetti
6slicesof baconsee our brand suggestions above
4garlic clovesminced
4eggs
½teaspoonsalt
Fresh ground black pepperto taste
1lemonjuice and zest used
½cupdairy free parmesan cheese
Instructions
Cook spaghetti according to the instructions on your pasta container in a pot of salted water. Once the pasta has cooked, reserve about a half cup of hot water to use for sauce, strain the pasta and dump the rest of the water out.
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add bacon and cook until it reaches your desired level of crispiness. Add garlic to skillet and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds to a minute. Remove from heat and break up bacon into bite size pieces. Drain excess bacon grease.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk eggs, salt, lemon juice and some zest (if desired) and parmesan cheese. Carefully pour in the hot water to this mixture and whisk again until all is well mixed.
Add cooked pasta to the bacon and garlic and then carefully pour this mixture over the top. Stir everything together to ensure the sauce mixture covers the pasta well. The sauce will thicken as it coats the pasta.
Add as much fresh ground black pepper to your pasta as desired, salt to taste.
Garnish with more parmesan cheese and enjoy.
Notes
We like to really load this up with fresh cracked pepper, but you can change this up to fit your taste buds. You can also add other spices and herbs for other flavorings.
We like to add dairy free parmesan cheese, but you can add other dairy free cheese options like romano or maybe a dollop of a dairy free cream cheese (Kite Hill is our go to brand) and see if you like that.
Always follow the pasta directions on the container that you're using, especially with gluten free pasta. The cook times can vary widely depending on what they use as the base of the pasta. We realllllly like Charlie's Table because they cook up so nicely and evenly. Plus, you can cook them straight from the freezer!
Don't forget to check your spices and bacon for any hidden allergens.
Be sure to work quickly when whisking the egg mixture and then adding it to the pan with the pasta and hot water. You want your pan still hot and the pasta still hot to help cook the egg yolks so they’re safe to eat.
If you don’t want to use pasta water, you can use chicken broth, beef broth, or vegetable broth or stock.
You can omit the lemon juice and zest altogether if you don’t like it.
Some carbonara recipes just use yolks, we use both the egg yolk and white to get the full nutritional benefits that you get from them both. But, you can choose to just use yolks if desired.