From Red Wagon Farm
There are a lot of recipes out there for Risotto with fava and snap peas, but this Carbonara recipe will give you the same rich flavors with much less stove time!
1/2 pound dried pasta
1 to 2 cups of fresh vegetables (a mix of sugar snap and shelled favas)
1 tablespoon butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano cheese
2 large eggs, beaten
pepper and salt as needed
Boil your pasta and while that is cooking saute the vegetables with some butter and the minced garlic in a pan big enough to hold all the vegetables and the pasta. you will be tossing all of it together and you need the heat of the pan to gently set the egg mixture.
When the pasta is cooked drain it, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water. You need to add a little of the cooking water at the end to make the sauce creamy and pull the whole thing together, so reserve 1/2 cup of the cooking water!. Turn the burner off, you don’t want to scramble the eggs. The residual heat will set the egg mixture. Add the pasta to the skillet and toss with the vegetables, and garlic and butter. Add half the cheese and, with metal tongs, toss until well coated, about 1 minute. Add the eggs and toss for 1 minute more.
Add the remaining cheese, salt and pepper to taste, and enough of the reserved cooking water to form a creamy sauce that clings to the noodles. Start with about 1/4 cup of the cooking water, don’t dump all of it in, you might not need it all.