Bucatini with artichokes and bacon

03591 BUCATINI with artichokes and BACON INGREDIENTS 4 PEOPLE 320 g of bucatini, 4 artichokes, half a cup of vinegar, 1 small onion, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 80 g speck, 1 tablespoon of butter, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 3 sprigs of parsley, a sprinkling of pepper, 3 tablespoons salt, 2 pinches fine salt.

CASE speck is a German origin or ham South Tyrol.

It is made from a pig's leg (the same used for the prosciutto), after the final part, the gambit.

The leg is boned and smoked for 20 days, then matured for 3 months at a temperature of 12ø.

When you buy speck, make sure that the fat is white and not too abundant.

Lean must be part of a nice bright red, brownish shades, compact-free but not too dry.

COOK artichokes) 1 remove the hard leaves of artichokes and nearly all the stem (leave 2 cm only, but sbucciatelo).

Using a sharp knife 3 cm bits, with a clean cut.

Cut the artichokes into wedges, remove the internal Hay, divide each clove into thin slices.

(As you clean the artichokes, place them in a bowl of water and vinegar to prevent from becoming black).

Peel, wash and chop the onion.

Brown it in oil letting it Brown.

Add a ladle of water and let evaporate over medium heat 10 minutes.

Add the artichoke slices, Saute 2 minutes to fire quickly, lower the heat to a minimum, salted, put the cover, Cook 13 minutes.

2) PREPARE the SAUCE Cut the bacon into sticks 2 cm long, 3-minute Saute it in a nonstick frying pan with butter.

(Keep the fire at a minimum: speck must not dry out too but only melt the FAT).

Wash the parsley leaves and chop.

In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs.

Add the Parmesan, salt, pepper, parsley, bacon grease that is cooked.

3) SEASONING PASTA bring to a boil a saucepan with 3 quarts of salted water.

Bake the bucatini and drain (about 10 minutes).

Add the artichokes, sauté 1 minute.

Add the eggs and Bacon Sauce, 1 minute over head with a wooden spoon.

Serve.

IDEA Health: If you have to keep under control your cholesterol, eliminated butter, bacon and used just one egg and one egg white.

IDEA: SAVING For a cheaper meal, use Bacon instead of bacon.

Cut it into half-inch cubes and Brown in a frying pan without added butter, because the bacon is already very greasy.

IDEA: Use frozen artichokes, choosing those already sliced into wedges.

Cook in boiling salted water for the time indicated on the packet, drain and ripassateli 5 minutes in olive oil and sauté onion.

Variant: cauliflower and sausage Boil 5 minutes in salted water 300 g of cauliflower florets.

Prepared in a pan a sofritto onions, oil and 80 g of crumbled sausage meat with a fork.

Add to the pan the florets of cauliflower and cook another 10 minutes.

Pour into pan bucatini drained cooking water.

Complete with egg sauce, parsley and Parmesan cheese.