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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Put a large pan of salted water on to boil. | 2. Slice the zucchini at an angle into pieces roughly the same size and shape as the penne. | 3. Put the egg yolks into a bowl, add the cream and half the Parmesan, and mix together with a fork. Season lightly with salt and pepper and set aside. | 4. Heat a very large frying pan (a 14-inch is a good start), add a good splash of olive oil and fry the pancetta or bacon until dark brown and crisp. | 5. Your water will now be boiling, so add the penne to the pan with the salted water and cook according to the package instructions. | 6. Add the zucchini slices and 2 big pinches of black pepper to the skillet with the bacon or pancetta, not just to season but to give it a bit of a kick. Sprinkle in the thyme leaves, give everything a stir, so the zucchini is coated with all the lovely bacon-flavored oil, and fry until they start to turn lightly golden and have softened slightly. | 7. When the pasta is cooked, drain it, reserving a little of the cooking water. Immediately, toss the pasta in the pan with the zucchini, bacon and lovely flavors, then remove from the heat and add a ladleful of the reserved cooking water and your creamy sauce. Stir together quickly. (No more cooking now, otherwise you'll scramble the eggs.). | 8. While you're tossing the pasta and sauce, sprinkle in the rest of the Parmesan and a little more of the cooking water if needed, to give you a silky and shiny sauce. Taste quickly for seasoning. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	2	teaspoons	ground	11.546	2.9417	0.4779	0.15
zucchini	6			13.86	2.0526	1.7886	0.264
penne	1			35.7204	4.7627	1.6159	1.1340000000000001
egg yolk	4			218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
heavy cream	1/2	cup		204.0	1.6440000000000001	1.704	21.648000000000003
parmesan cheese	1	cup		296.0	32.0	32.0	4.0
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
pancetta	12	slices	cut	-	-	-	-
thyme	2	teaspoons	chopped	1.6159999999999999	0.3912	0.08900000000000001	0.0269

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.