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Light Spaghetti Carbonara

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UK based recipe

"I made it without corn flour and it was excellent. I think corn flour is needed only if you want to have a lot of souse with your pasta and use more milk and eggs." - alsusworder

Yield: 1 Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: ItalianMain Ingredient: Pasta

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Light Spaghetti Carbonara
i added parm cheese and capers and fresh chopped basil, this was indeed great! photo by CCheryl Give a medal for this photo
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Servings          
Original recipe makes 1
75 gramsSpaghetti
1 Egg yolk
5 tblspoonsSemi-skimmed Milk
1/2 teaspoonCornflour
2 teaspoonParmesan cheese; grated
Low Fat Cooking Spray
1 rasherLean smoked back bacon; trimmed of Fat
1 cloveGarlic; chopped

Light Spaghetti Carbonara Preparation

Cook the spaghetti in lightly salted, boiling water according to the pack instructions. Drain the pasta, remove it from the pan and set aside.

Meanwhile, beat the egg yolk, milk, cornflour and 1 teaspoon of the parmesan cheese together in a cup.

Cut the Bacon into Strips. Spray the same pasta pan with low fat cooking spray and stir fry the bacon strips and garlic for about 2 minutes. Return the pasta to the pan. Add seasoning and reheat the mixture, stirring, until it is piping hot.

add the egg and milk mixture to the pan, stirring well until the mixture just starts to thicken. Remove the pan from the heat.

Pile the pasta into a shallow bowl and sprinkle with the remaining cheese before eating.

This recipe serves 1 (One) and is 8 (eight) weight watchers Points.

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  • Calories Per Serving: 435
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    Light Spaghetti Carbonara Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    I've made this 3-4 times and everybody loves it... Brilliant recipe low in calories, quick and tasty. Thanks for posting it
    2 years, 1 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes ago
    I made it without corn flour and it was excellent. I think corn flour is needed only if you want to have a lot of souse with your pasta and use more milk and eggs.
    3 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 11 hours, 36 minutes ago

    [I posted this recipe.]
    7 years, 12 months, 22 hours, 25 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. Main Dish
    2. Quick
    3. Low-fat
    4. Italian
    5. Pasta
    6. Dinner
    7. Fall
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