More weekend food porn. Seriously.

Did some regular food porn Sunday night for dinner -- not to be confused with game food porn. This is an entree that wolves can fix at home. Really good, too -- although it is a little complicated. Nonetheless, I was able to get through this chicken carbonara recipe despite a regular ration of game-watching beer. So maybe it isn't that complicated.

Anyway, you will need some olive oil, 4 ounces of pancetta, chopped (it's often called Italian style bacon -- who knew?), 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, 2-1/2 cups of whipping cream, one cup of shredded parmesan, 8 large egg yolks, 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil, 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, salt, 1 pound of spaghetti, 4 cups of shredded chicken (from a roasted chicken), pepper, and 1/2 cups of chopped walnuts, toasted:

 

 Yeah, not everything is in that picture. That's a lot of stuff, people. Anyway, roast a chicken. To do this, take a raw roaster, set your oven for 325 F and roast the chicken for 15 minutes per pound. You can tent the chicken if you like. I didn't.

When it is done, it should be a nice, purdy golden brown, like this:

Next, you will strip the meat off the bones:

You will wind up with 4 cups of shredded chicken meat (actually, probably more -- save the rest for something else):

With that done, chop up the garlic and toss in the pancetta. I was able to buy diced pancetta at Wegman's -- you might have to chop yours yourself. Not sure whether you have a pancetta-carrying grocery store. I sure hope so.

While the garlic and pancetta are cooking (just a few minutes -- be quick) -- whisk together the whipping cream, parmesan, egg yolks, basil and parsley until blended nicely:

Boil some water in a large pot:

Later, you will add spaghetti to the boiling water and make pasta:

You will need this later.

In any event, toss the chicken into the pancetta-garlic mix and stir.

Add the spaghetti, stir it in:

Add the cream mixture and stir it in:

When you have a second (meaning while you're doing all this other stuff) toast the walnuts, about 10 minutes at 350 f:

Mix in the toasted walnuts:

Serve and enjoy:

Bon appetit.