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in Recipes, Lunch, Meal Keto carbonara with zoodles
Zucchini noodles, or zoodles, are more than just an "alternative" to regular pasta – they're a culinary treat! With all the creamy textures and crispy bacon crunch of the Italian classic, this quick and satisfying keto recipe hits all the right notes.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup 240 ml heavy whipping cream
- 11 oz. 300 g bacon or pancetta, diced
- salt and pepper
- 1¾ lbs 800 g zucchini, zoodles
- 4 4 egg yolkegg yolks
- 1 cup (2¾ oz.) 240 ml (80 g) shredded Parmesan cheese, save some for serving
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Instructions
Zoodles
- Use a spiralizer to create zucchini noodles (zoodles). If you don’t have a spiralizer, a potato peeler can be used instead to create slightly wider zoodles.
- Fry the bacon in a large frying pan until crispy.
- When done, set aside the whole pan and allow it to cool.
- Pour heavy cream into a different saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Add a pinch of salt. Reduce the heat and gently boil until the cream has reduced by approximately one quarter.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the cream to cool, stir occasionally to prevent skin from forming.
- In a separate bowl (while the cream is reducing), combine the egg yolks, cooked diced bacon, including the fat, and parmesan cheese.
- Add the egg-bacon-parmesan cheese mixture to the slightly warm sauce, stirring continuously to ensure the egg mixture does not curdle or scramble. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Return the saucepan to medium-low heat to gently warm the sauce. Add the zoodles to the saucepan and warm through (1-2 minutes).
Bacon
Sauce
To serve
Divide the carbonara into portions. Top with a generous amount of freshly grated parmesan.Vegetarian keto carbonara
You can easily turn this recipe into a vegetarian keto dish! Just skip the bacon and add some olive oil to your keto carbonara after combining the zoodles with the parmesan mixture.
Recommended special equipment
Spiralizer
69 comments
Great! So glad to hear that!
You may sautee the courgettes for a couple of minutes on their own before adding to sauce to cook off some of the moisture.
You can certainly reduce the fat in the recipes if needed, but there's no need to fear fat. Here are a few articles that may be helpful for you!
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/saturated-fat
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/fat
https://www.dietdoctor.com/expert-panel-agrees-limits-to-saturated-fa...
https://www.dietdoctor.com/saturated-fat-goes-mainstream
https://www.dietdoctor.com/new-study-high-fat-food-is-good-for-diabetics
Way to use what you have, Melody!! So glad you loved it!
Hi, Michael! Always go with the information on the website, as it's most up to date. You can see that this recipe was recently updated on January 3, 2021, so the carb count may have changed.
Awesome!! Let us know how much you enjoy it when you're able to try it.
Awesome! So glad you love it!
You may sautee the courgettes for a couple of minutes on their own before adding to sauce to cook off some of the moisture.
I am a convert now. They really don't need cooked any more than that, and you will have firm unmushy zoodles.
Thanks, Rose! So glad you enjoyed it!
We have not tested this recipe with coconut cream. Coconut cream tends to have a strong coconut taste which may not go well with the rest of these ingredients.
Glad the tips in the reviews were helpful!