chorizo carbonara

Can I get real for a minute? I am drunk. Pissed. Three sheets to the wind. Left of right. Don't know Tuesday from purple. BUT THAT DON'T BOTHER NONE! This is by far the most impressive meal you can make with the most limited of memory and motor skills. Chorizo Carbonara. If there is a better meal I've never had it.


1/2 pound fresh pasta (I mean made today by you fresh, check our recipe you slacker)
2 egg yolks
12 oz Mexican pork chorizo
1/2 cup heavy wipping cream
Hard cheese for topping
Salt and pepper


This may be the perfect date meal, I'm just saying. From making the noodles to mixing the ingredients, its cheap, easy, and completely fool proof. Make your noodles and let them rest a half hour. Be sure to leave the eggs and cream on the counter, cold eggs and cream will not do. Room temperature is ideal. While they are resting, cook the chorizo in a skillet over medium heat. You want it to get a nice crispy texture. Drain the fat as needed. While the chorizo is crisping, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Once at a rolling boil pull the heat back to a light boil and toss the pasta in. Because you are using fresh pasta (DONT YOU DARE USE DRY SO HELP ME GOD I WILL FIND AND END YOU!) it will cook in under four minutes. Taste every 30 seconds to ensure proper doneness. While the pasta is cooking whisk the egg yolks and cream until just combined, be careful not to over-do it. Drain pasta and remove from heat. Toss pasta, eggs, cream, and chorizo until a sauce forms. If the pasta is too hot the eggs and cream will curdle and be awful. So. You know. DON'T do that. Plate and top with very thin slices of hard cheese and a few cracks of good fresh pepper. You're welcome.