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Carbonara Cake

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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 35m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 300 grams dried spaghetti pasta
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil (more if needed)
  • 100 grams parmesan cheese (hard cheese, cheddar or gruyere)
  • 4 large eggs
  • 250 ml heavy whipping cream (double cream)
  • 250 grams ham (leg ham, diced or chopped)
  • 90 grams rosemary (3 sprigs of fresh)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Pre heat oven 180C.Cook the spaghetti in a pot of boiling water (as per package instructions). Drain spaghetti in a colander then place back into the pot or put in a large bowl. ( Leaving a tiny amount of liquid is o.k.)

  • Step 2: Grease a loose bottom cake tin with the oil (this makes it so much easier remove cake from tin), then finely grate a thin layer of cheese all over the base, also shaking it up the sides.

  • Step 3: When spaghetti is cool, gently pulling it apart; Beat eggs and add them to the spaghetti, add the cream and a pinch of black pepper. Add the chopped ham and finely grate in the rest of your cheese, and finally add the chopped rosemary leaves.

  • Step 4: Toss spaghetti and gently mix ingredients together well; Pack spaghetti mix into the prepared cake tin and place on a baking tray. Bake for 35 minutes, or until golden, crisp and cooked through.

  • Step 5: Leave the cake to sit for 3 minutes or so ~ in the tin, then carefully run a knife around the rim and release cake onto a board or plate.

  • Step 6: Serve immediately.


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