Low Calorie Carbonara
5m
prep time
20m
total time
Easy
level
7
ingredients
Carbonara is one of those dishes that can rack up quite a calorie count when ordering it in a restaurant. But you don’t have to miss out as I’m putting carbonara back on the menu! This has all the flavour of the original while still coming in well below 600 calories per serving. As you’d expect, with 37g per serving, this dish is within our target protein range. It ticks all the boxes.
Method
Based on 2 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, add the spaghetti and cook for 10–12 minutes or until al dente.
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the diced bacon and cook for 4–5 minutes or until crispy.
Step 3
Add the mushrooms to the pan and fry over a medium heat for a further 2–3 minutes or until golden.
Step 4
Crack the eggs into a bowl, add the grated Parmesan and season with 1⁄2 of the cracked black pepper, then whisk together.
Step 5
Once cooked, drain the pasta, then add it to the pan and mix well. Remove the pan from the heat.
Step 6
Pour the egg mixture into the pan with the spaghetti and combine well – the eggs will cook in the residual heat in the pan.
Step 7
Serve with a light sprinkling of Parmesan and the remaining cracked black pepper.
- Ingredients
- Based on 2 servings
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2 Eggs 1 x Sainsbury's British Free Range Eggs Medium x6 -
4 Unsmoked Bacon Medallions, diced 1 x Oakpark Unsmoked Lean Bacon Medallions x6 170g -
1 tsp Cracked Black Pepper 1 x Sainsbury's Coarse Ground Black Pepper 45g -
1 tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml -
150g Mushrooms, sliced 1 x Sainsbury's 300g Closed Cup Chestnut Mushrooms -
130g Spaghetti Pasta 1 x Sainsbury's Spaghetti Pasta 500g -
50g Parmesan, grated, plus an extra 4 tsp to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Grana Padano Cheese 200g
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