What’s Cooking? Carbonara

This recipe goes back to when I was a child. I’m not sure where it came from, whether it was created off the top of my father’s head, or some type of recipe he had found years ago. I remember my father making it at least twice a month and everyone loves it.

Ingredients:

• 1 small black label ham
• 2 cans of black olives, sliced
• 2 jars of pimentos
• 2 lbs. of fettuccine
• 1/2 onion
• 6-8 eggs
• 1 cup of Parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions

1. Dice the onion into small pieces
2. Cut Black Label Ham into small square pieces
3. In a skillet, saute onion with a coat of oil on medium heat
4. When heated through, add ham. Cook it until the ham is hot
5. Add pimentos and olives, along with the juice
6. Lower the temperature to a low simmer
7. Put water in a pot and bring to a boil
8. Cook pasta al dente
9. Scramble eggs and combine with cheese
10. When cooked, drain pasta and put back into pot
11. Add eggs and cheese to pasta
12. Stir until eggs are cooked and it doesn’t look wet

This is one of my favorite meals. Granted, I’ll admit, I don’t eat the Ham. I still love it, though, and love when we cook it. This was my first time cooking it by myself and it was definitely a lot of work. But it’s totally worth it. I hope everyone likes it as much as I do!