- prep: 20 min
- cook: 0 hr
- total: 20 min
Summary
Like a vegetarian spaghetti carbonara! Meaty pistachios stand in for guanciale, cream amps up the usual eggs and cheese, homemade breadcrumbs add crunch, and a heap of lemon zest brightens up the whole dish.
Ingredients
- 2 lemons
- 2 slices white sandwich bread
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs plus 2 large yolks
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 cups finely grated Parmesan (4 ounces), plus more for serving
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 12 ounces spaghetti
- Chopped pistachios and chives (optional), for serving
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 576 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 35 g 53.44%
- Saturated Fat: 19 g 96.98%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 201 mg 67.05%
- Sodium: 843 mg 35.12%
- Calcium: 382 mg 38.21%
- Potassium: 102 mg 2.93%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 5.83%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 45 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 6.88%
- Sugar: 2 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 23.65%
- Vitamin C 0.08%
- Vitamin D 3.28%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat6
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat2
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total1 oz-eq