Directions

10 minutes prep time

10 minutes to cook

Step 1

In a frying pan, add the guanciale or bacon and fry off until all the fat has been cooked out and the guanciale is golden and crispy. Remove from the pan and also strain out the fat into a seperate bowl. let rest

Step 2

In the meantime make the egg, cheese mixture. Whisk together the egg yolks and grated cheese, pepper. Add a spoon of pasta water (see below) Let sit aside

Step 3

Cook your pasta in lightly salted water (when it has been cooking for 1 minute add a ladle of the pasta water into the egg mixture, be sure to whisk while doing it so not to cook the eggs. Set aside while the pasta finishes cooking.

Step 4

When the pasta is cooked scoop out of the pan with tongs and place into the bowl with the egg mixture. Whisk and stir constantly to get the mixture to emulsify and stick to the pasta.

Serve up, grating a little more cheese on top!